Norway vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (434 vs 279 in Norway). Norway has the higher median household income ($47,632 vs $44,583 in Springfield). Norway has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $78,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Norway	Springfield
Population	279	434
Median age	50.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,632	$44,583
Median home value	$126,700	$78,200
Median gross rent	$853	$814
Housing units	152	207
Homeownership rate	55.2%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norway	Springfield
Population	329 → 279 (-15.2%)	476 → 434 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$39,722 → $47,632 (+19.9%)	$33,661 → $44,583 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $126,700 (+32.4%)	$87,900 → $78,200 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $853 (+27.7%)	$589 → $814 (+38.2%)

Norway

Population

329279

Median household income

$39,722$47,632

Median home value

$95,700$126,700

Median gross rent

$668$853

Springfield

Population

476434

Median household income

$33,661$44,583

Median home value

$87,900$78,200

Median gross rent

$589$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norway	Springfield
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	3.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	21.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.4%
75 and over	9.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norway	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	27.2%	60.1%
Black or African American	64.5%	36.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norway	Springfield
No high school diploma	17.7%	12.6%
High school graduate	42.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norway	Springfield
Drove alone	63.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	35.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norway	Springfield
1-unit, detached	66.4%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Norway	Springfield
Poverty rate	13.3%	22.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1971	1972