Norway vs Rowesville

A side-by-side comparison of Norway and Rowesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Norway and Rowesville are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rowesville has the higher population (406 vs 279 in Norway). Norway has the higher median household income ($47,632 vs $28,125 in Rowesville). Norway has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $114,200 in Rowesville).

Population, income & housing

	Norway	Rowesville
Population	279	406
Median age	50.2 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,632	$28,125
Median home value	$126,700	$114,200
Median gross rent	$853	$738
Housing units	152	231
Homeownership rate	55.2%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norway	Rowesville
Population	329 → 279 (-15.2%)	259 → 406 (+56.8%)
Median household income	$39,722 → $47,632 (+19.9%)	$46,071 → $28,125 (-39.0%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $126,700 (+32.4%)	$85,500 → $114,200 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $853 (+27.7%)	$629 → $738 (+17.3%)

Norway

Population

329279

Median household income

$39,722$47,632

Median home value

$95,700$126,700

Median gross rent

$668$853

Rowesville

Population

259406

Median household income

$46,071$28,125

Median home value

$85,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$629$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norway	Rowesville
Under 5	3.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	1.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	3.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	21.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	32.8%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.0%
75 and over	9.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norway	Rowesville
White (non-Hispanic)	27.2%	29.3%
Black or African American	64.5%	70.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norway	Rowesville
No high school diploma	17.7%	38.6%
High school graduate	42.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norway	Rowesville
Drove alone	63.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	35.2%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norway	Rowesville
1-unit, detached	66.4%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Norway	Rowesville
Poverty rate	13.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1971	1964