Cincinnati vs Norwood

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

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

Cincinnati has the higher population (309,595 vs 19,023 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($64,724 vs $51,707 in Cincinnati). Norwood has the higher median home value ($228,300 vs $215,300 in Cincinnati).

Population, income & housing

	Cincinnati	Norwood
Population	309,595	19,023
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,707	$64,724
Median home value	$215,300	$228,300
Median gross rent	$953	$925
Housing units	159,731	9,892
Homeownership rate	38.9%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cincinnati	Norwood
Population	301,394 → 309,595 (+2.7%)	19,883 → 19,023 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$40,640 → $51,707 (+27.2%)	$45,581 → $64,724 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $215,300 (+56.0%)	$135,200 → $228,300 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $953 (+29.1%)	$748 → $925 (+23.7%)

Cincinnati

Population

301,394309,595

Median household income

$40,640$51,707

Median home value

$138,000$215,300

Median gross rent

$738$953

Norwood

Population

19,88319,023

Median household income

$45,581$64,724

Median home value

$135,200$228,300

Median gross rent

$748$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cincinnati	Norwood
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	23.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.1%
75 and over	5.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cincinnati	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	74.1%
Black or African American	38.5%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cincinnati	Norwood
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cincinnati	Norwood
Drove alone	66.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.4%
Public transit	5.7%	3.8%
Walked	5.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.2%	14.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cincinnati	Norwood
1-unit, detached	38.4%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	27.6%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	13.5%
20 or more units	17.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cincinnati	Norwood
Poverty rate	24.5%	17.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1951	1938