Carlstadt vs Norwood

A side-by-side comparison of Carlstadt and Norwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Carlstadt and Norwood are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carlstadt has the higher population (6,343 vs 5,668 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($164,766 vs $94,854 in Carlstadt). Norwood has the higher median home value ($676,400 vs $523,800 in Carlstadt).

Population, income & housing

	Carlstadt	Norwood
Population	6,343	5,668
Median age	44.0 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,854	$164,766
Median home value	$523,800	$676,400
Median gross rent	$1,503	$2,446
Housing units	2,733	2,048
Homeownership rate	61.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlstadt	Norwood
Population	6,178 → 6,343 (+2.7%)	5,812 → 5,668 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$88,827 → $94,854 (+6.8%)	$122,200 → $164,766 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $523,800 (+28.2%)	$626,700 → $676,400 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,503 (+16.5%)	$1,851 → $2,446 (+32.1%)

Carlstadt

Population

6,1786,343

Median household income

$88,827$94,854

Median home value

$408,600$523,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,503

Norwood

Population

5,8125,668

Median household income

$122,200$164,766

Median home value

$626,700$676,400

Median gross rent

$1,851$2,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlstadt	Norwood
Under 5	5.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	16.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.2%
75 and over	6.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlstadt	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	8.7%	30.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlstadt	Norwood
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlstadt	Norwood
Drove alone	59.5%	60.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.8%
Public transit	17.9%	4.5%
Walked	3.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	21.3%
Other means	6.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlstadt	Norwood
1-unit, detached	48.3%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlstadt	Norwood
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1954	1979