Norwood vs Stanfield

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

Norwood and Stanfield 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 1,554 in Stanfield). Stanfield has the higher median household income ($81,375 vs $57,953 in Norwood). Stanfield has the higher median home value ($302,400 vs $178,900 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Stanfield
Population	3,110	1,554
Median age	43.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,953	$81,375
Median home value	$178,900	$302,400
Median gross rent	$891	$798
Housing units	1,514	614
Homeownership rate	64.3%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Stanfield
Population	2,243 → 3,110 (+38.7%)	1,264 → 1,554 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$43,929 → $57,953 (+31.9%)	$77,188 → $81,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $178,900 (+85.0%)	$202,700 → $302,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $891 (+20.6%)	$838 → $798 (-4.8%)

Norwood

Population

2,2433,110

Median household income

$43,929$57,953

Median home value

$96,700$178,900

Median gross rent

$739$891

Stanfield

Population

1,2641,554

Median household income

$77,188$81,375

Median home value

$202,700$302,400

Median gross rent

$838$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Stanfield
Under 5	4.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.6%
75 and over	4.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Stanfield
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	83.0%
Black or African American	28.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Stanfield
No high school diploma	14.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Stanfield
Drove alone	76.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Stanfield
1-unit, detached	87.7%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Stanfield
Poverty rate	10.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1964	1992