Media vs Norwood

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

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

Norwood has the higher population (5,915 vs 5,868 in Media). Norwood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $86,219 in Media). Media has the higher median home value ($398,400 vs $227,500 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Media	Norwood
Population	5,868	5,915
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,219	$89,135
Median home value	$398,400	$227,500
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,247
Housing units	3,206	2,513
Homeownership rate	38.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Media	Norwood
Population	5,487 → 5,868 (+6.9%)	5,893 → 5,915 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$77,708 → $86,219 (+11.0%)	$78,370 → $89,135 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $398,400 (+20.2%)	$167,900 → $227,500 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,359 (+16.5%)	$982 → $1,247 (+27.0%)

Media

Population

5,4875,868

Median household income

$77,708$86,219

Median home value

$331,400$398,400

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,359

Norwood

Population

5,8935,915

Median household income

$78,370$89,135

Median home value

$167,900$227,500

Median gross rent

$982$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Media	Norwood
Under 5	1.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	23.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Media	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	87.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Media	Norwood
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	15.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Media	Norwood
Drove alone	62.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.3%
Public transit	6.6%	6.5%
Walked	3.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Media	Norwood
1-unit, detached	15.4%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	24.8%	37.3%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	22.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Media	Norwood
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.0%
Average household size	1.85	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1960	1950