Norwood vs Tahlequah

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

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

Tahlequah has the higher population (16,513 vs 1,598 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $48,515 in Tahlequah). Norwood has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $182,800 in Tahlequah).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Tahlequah
Population	1,598	16,513
Median age	39.2 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,906	$48,515
Median home value	$224,000	$182,800
Median gross rent	$1,054	$794
Housing units	594	7,503
Homeownership rate	86.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Tahlequah
Population	1,760 → 1,598 (-9.2%)	16,667 → 16,513 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$42,375 → $88,906 (+109.8%)	$37,177 → $48,515 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$176,100 → $224,000 (+27.2%)	$124,600 → $182,800 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,054 (-4.4%)	$681 → $794 (+16.6%)

Norwood

Population

1,7601,598

Median household income

$42,375$88,906

Median home value

$176,100$224,000

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,054

Tahlequah

Population

16,66716,513

Median household income

$37,177$48,515

Median home value

$124,600$182,800

Median gross rent

$681$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Tahlequah
Under 5	9.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	22.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	7.4%
75 and over	6.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Tahlequah
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	43.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	27.3%	31.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	19.0%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Tahlequah
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Tahlequah
Drove alone	88.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Tahlequah
1-unit, detached	80.6%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Tahlequah
Poverty rate	11.0%	20.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	2001	1987