Norwood vs Oakboro

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

Norwood and Oakboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Norwood has the higher population (3,110 vs 2,453 in Oakboro). Oakboro has the higher median household income ($76,071 vs $57,953 in Norwood). Oakboro has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $178,900 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Oakboro
Population	3,110	2,453
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,953	$76,071
Median home value	$178,900	$235,800
Median gross rent	$891	$1,028
Housing units	1,514	964
Homeownership rate	64.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Oakboro
Population	2,243 → 3,110 (+38.7%)	2,004 → 2,453 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$43,929 → $57,953 (+31.9%)	$60,833 → $76,071 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $178,900 (+85.0%)	$161,300 → $235,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $891 (+20.6%)	$846 → $1,028 (+21.5%)

Norwood

Population

2,2433,110

Median household income

$43,929$57,953

Median home value

$96,700$178,900

Median gross rent

$739$891

Oakboro

Population

2,0042,453

Median household income

$60,833$76,071

Median home value

$161,300$235,800

Median gross rent

$846$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Oakboro
Under 5	4.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.2%
75 and over	4.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Oakboro
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	72.1%
Black or African American	28.2%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Oakboro
No high school diploma	14.1%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Oakboro
Drove alone	76.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Oakboro
1-unit, detached	87.7%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Oakboro
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1964	1986