Norwood vs Richfield

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

Norwood and Richfield 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 839 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($80,536 vs $57,953 in Norwood). Richfield has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $178,900 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Richfield
Population	3,110	839
Median age	43.0 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,953	$80,536
Median home value	$178,900	$212,100
Median gross rent	$891	$1,071
Housing units	1,514	352
Homeownership rate	64.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Richfield
Population	2,243 → 3,110 (+38.7%)	545 → 839 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$43,929 → $57,953 (+31.9%)	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $178,900 (+85.0%)	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $891 (+20.6%)	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)

Norwood

Population

2,2433,110

Median household income

$43,929$57,953

Median home value

$96,700$178,900

Median gross rent

$739$891

Richfield

Population

545839

Median household income

$55,833$80,536

Median home value

$124,500$212,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Richfield
Under 5	4.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	28.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.6%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	28.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Richfield
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Richfield
Drove alone	76.5%	89.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	1.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Richfield
1-unit, detached	87.7%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Richfield
Poverty rate	10.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1964	1977