Akwesasne vs Norwood

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

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

Akwesasne has the higher population (4,140 vs 1,304 in Norwood). Akwesasne has the higher median household income ($69,245 vs $62,500 in Norwood). Akwesasne has the higher median home value ($186,200 vs $100,600 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Akwesasne	Norwood
Population	4,140	1,304
Median age	39.9 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,245	$62,500
Median home value	$186,200	$100,600
Median gross rent	$991	$814
Housing units	1,516	666
Homeownership rate	71.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akwesasne	Norwood
Population	3,995 → 4,140 (+3.6%)	1,651 → 1,304 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$43,470 → $69,245 (+59.3%)	$53,578 → $62,500 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$204,600 → $186,200 (-9.0%)	$79,800 → $100,600 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $991 (+62.7%)	$685 → $814 (+18.8%)

Akwesasne

Population

3,9954,140

Median household income

$43,470$69,245

Median home value

$204,600$186,200

Median gross rent

$609$991

Norwood

Population

1,6511,304

Median household income

$53,578$62,500

Median home value

$79,800$100,600

Median gross rent

$685$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akwesasne	Norwood
Under 5	5.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	12.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.0%
75 and over	5.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akwesasne	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	71.3%	0.5%
Asian	4.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akwesasne	Norwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akwesasne	Norwood
Drove alone	67.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	22.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.3%
Other means	3.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akwesasne	Norwood
1-unit, detached	62.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Akwesasne	Norwood
Poverty rate	20.6%	13.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1991	1938