Norwood vs Sharon Hill

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

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

Sharon Hill has the higher population (5,978 vs 5,915 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $68,529 in Sharon Hill). Norwood has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $163,200 in Sharon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
Population	5,915	5,978
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,135	$68,529
Median home value	$227,500	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,302
Housing units	2,513	2,134
Homeownership rate	73.5%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
Population	5,893 → 5,915 (+0.4%)	5,684 → 5,978 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$78,370 → $89,135 (+13.7%)	$57,206 → $68,529 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $227,500 (+35.5%)	$119,400 → $163,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,247 (+27.0%)	$1,182 → $1,302 (+10.2%)

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

Sharon Hill

Population

5,6845,978

Median household income

$57,206$68,529

Median home value

$119,400$163,200

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
Under 5	2.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	4.3%
75 and over	4.9%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	18.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	71.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
Drove alone	72.2%	63.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.2%
Public transit	6.5%	10.8%
Walked	2.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.1%
Other means	1.8%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
1-unit, detached	38.4%	13.8%
1-unit, attached	37.3%	65.7%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Sharon Hill
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.8%
Average household size	2.60	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1950	1955