Northvale vs Norwood

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

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

Norwood has the higher population (5,668 vs 4,782 in Northvale). Norwood has the higher median household income ($164,766 vs $117,717 in Northvale). Norwood has the higher median home value ($676,400 vs $577,300 in Northvale).

Population, income & housing

	Northvale	Norwood
Population	4,782	5,668
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,717	$164,766
Median home value	$577,300	$676,400
Median gross rent	$1,845	$2,446
Housing units	1,688	2,048
Homeownership rate	77.4%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northvale	Norwood
Population	4,862 → 4,782 (-1.6%)	5,812 → 5,668 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$108,385 → $117,717 (+8.6%)	$122,200 → $164,766 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$463,100 → $577,300 (+24.7%)	$626,700 → $676,400 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $1,845 (+14.3%)	$1,851 → $2,446 (+32.1%)

Northvale

Population

4,8624,782

Median household income

$108,385$117,717

Median home value

$463,100$577,300

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,845

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)

	Northvale	Norwood
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.2%
75 and over	7.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northvale	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	59.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	36.8%	30.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northvale	Norwood
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	23.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northvale	Norwood
Drove alone	67.8%	60.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.8%
Public transit	9.8%	4.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	21.3%
Other means	1.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northvale	Norwood
1-unit, detached	78.7%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northvale	Norwood
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1968	1979