Norwood vs Prospect Park

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

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

Prospect Park has the higher population (6,402 vs 5,915 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $65,774 in Prospect Park). Prospect Park has the higher median home value ($239,700 vs $227,500 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Prospect Park
Population	5,915	6,402
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,135	$65,774
Median home value	$227,500	$239,700
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,154
Housing units	2,513	2,671
Homeownership rate	73.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Prospect Park
Population	5,893 → 5,915 (+0.4%)	6,483 → 6,402 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$78,370 → $89,135 (+13.7%)	$60,569 → $65,774 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $227,500 (+35.5%)	$191,700 → $239,700 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,247 (+27.0%)	$1,043 → $1,154 (+10.6%)

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

Prospect Park

Population

6,4836,402

Median household income

$60,569$65,774

Median home value

$191,700$239,700

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Prospect Park
Under 5	2.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	19.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.3%
75 and over	4.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Prospect Park
Drove alone	72.2%	70.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.5%
Public transit	6.5%	5.4%
Walked	2.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	38.4%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	37.3%	22.5%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1950	1948