Norwood vs Red Cross

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

Norwood and Red Cross 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 740 in Red Cross). Red Cross has the higher median household income ($58,375 vs $57,953 in Norwood). Red Cross has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $178,900 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Red Cross
Population	3,110	740
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,953	$58,375
Median home value	$178,900	$217,200
Median gross rent	$891	$691
Housing units	1,514	342
Homeownership rate	64.3%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Red Cross
Population	2,243 → 3,110 (+38.7%)	689 → 740 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$43,929 → $57,953 (+31.9%)	$51,563 → $58,375 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $178,900 (+85.0%)	$155,500 → $217,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $891 (+20.6%)	$631 → $691 (+9.5%)

Norwood

Population

2,2433,110

Median household income

$43,929$57,953

Median home value

$96,700$178,900

Median gross rent

$739$891

Red Cross

Population

689740

Median household income

$51,563$58,375

Median home value

$155,500$217,200

Median gross rent

$631$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Red Cross
Under 5	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.6%
75 and over	4.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Red Cross
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	94.6%
Black or African American	28.2%	0.7%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Red Cross
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Red Cross
Drove alone	76.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Red Cross
1-unit, detached	87.7%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Red Cross
Poverty rate	10.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1964	1980