Gouverneur vs Norwood

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

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

Gouverneur has the higher population (3,623 vs 1,304 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $35,464 in Gouverneur). Gouverneur has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $100,600 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Gouverneur	Norwood
Population	3,623	1,304
Median age	38.9 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,464	$62,500
Median home value	$107,500	$100,600
Median gross rent	$842	$814
Housing units	1,924	666
Homeownership rate	52.7%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouverneur	Norwood
Population	3,720 → 3,623 (-2.6%)	1,651 → 1,304 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $35,464 (+5.6%)	$53,578 → $62,500 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $107,500 (+16.7%)	$79,800 → $100,600 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $842 (+27.2%)	$685 → $814 (+18.8%)

Gouverneur

Population

3,7203,623

Median household income

$33,571$35,464

Median home value

$92,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$662$842

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)

	Gouverneur	Norwood
Under 5	8.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.0%
75 and over	12.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouverneur	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouverneur	Norwood
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	26.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouverneur	Norwood
Drove alone	85.9%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.3%
Other means	4.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouverneur	Norwood
1-unit, detached	47.1%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	13.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gouverneur	Norwood
Poverty rate	28.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1941	1938