East Norwich vs Thomaston

A side-by-side comparison of East Norwich and Thomaston: population, income, housing, and more.

East Norwich and Thomaston are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thomaston has the higher population (2,734 vs 2,703 in East Norwich). East Norwich has the higher median household income ($172,321 vs $152,206 in Thomaston). Thomaston has the higher median home value ($1,044,900 vs $796,200 in East Norwich).

Population, income & housing

	East Norwich	Thomaston
Population	2,703	2,734
Median age	42.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,321	$152,206
Median home value	$796,200	$1,044,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,408
Housing units	978	1,051
Homeownership rate	98.2%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	71.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Norwich	Thomaston
Population	2,959 → 2,703 (-8.7%)	2,629 → 2,734 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$157,734 → $172,321 (+9.2%)	$128,889 → $152,206 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$631,800 → $796,200 (+26.0%)	$837,800 → $1,044,900 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,438 → $2,600 (+6.6%)	$2,239 → $2,408 (+7.5%)

East Norwich

Population

2,9592,703

Median household income

$157,734$172,321

Median home value

$631,800$796,200

Median gross rent

$2,438$2,600

Thomaston

Population

2,6292,734

Median household income

$128,889$152,206

Median home value

$837,800$1,044,900

Median gross rent

$2,239$2,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Norwich	Thomaston
Under 5	8.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.9%
75 and over	9.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Norwich	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	47.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	47.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Norwich	Thomaston
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	12.3%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Norwich	Thomaston
Drove alone	76.2%	50.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.6%
Public transit	4.5%	22.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	22.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Norwich	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	96.8%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Norwich	Thomaston
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	35	41
Median year structure built	1957	1952