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(Urban population: 28,367, Rural population: 220 (6 farm, 214 nonfarm))

Norwood, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 11,945 (11,623 occupied: 6,648 owner occupied, 4,975 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	43%
State:	38%

Housing density: 1139 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $1,099 (lower quartile is $772, upper quartile is $1,438)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $980

Median gross rent in Norwood, MA in 2007: $1,213

Housing units in Norwood with a mortgage: 3,556 (295 second mortgage, 495 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,008

Norwood,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $405,401 (it was $218,300 in 2000)

Norwood:	$405,401
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $343,139 - $496,012

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $424,701
Here: $424,701
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $328,484
Here: $328,484
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $436,986
Here: $436,986
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $468,235
Here: $468,235
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $212,871
Here: $212,871
State: $335,381

Household type by relationship

Households: 28,021

In family households: 22,856 (5,707 male householders, 1,734 female householders)
6,010 spouses, 8,182 children (7,797 natural, 179 adopted, 206 stepchildren), 170 grandchildren, 277 brothers or sisters, 257 parents, 303 other relatives, 216 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,165 (1,760 male householders (1,313 living alone)), 2,427 female householders (2,086 living alone)), 978 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 566 (505 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,074 2-persons, 1,885 3-persons, 1,450 4-persons, 715 5-persons, 255 6-persons, 62 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,399 1-person, 671 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 47 4-persons.

4,808 married couples with children.
873 single-parent households (101 men, 772 women).

84.7% of residents of Norwood speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
8.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 3,361 (11.8%)
(46.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.6
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Norwood, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 9 3 rooms: 140 4 rooms: 465 5 rooms: 731 6 rooms: 1,758 7 rooms: 1,565 8 rooms: 1,118 9 or more rooms: 862

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norwood, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 100 2 rooms: 479 3 rooms: 1,084 4 rooms: 1,607 5 rooms: 1,041 6 rooms: 485 7 rooms: 87 8 rooms: 51 9 or more rooms: 41

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 22
1995 to 1998: 128
1990 to 1994: 313
1980 to 1989: 994
1970 to 1979: 1,767
1960 to 1969: 1,986
1950 to 1959: 2,509
1940 to 1949: 955
1939 or earlier: 3,271

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Norwood:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 217 2 bedrooms: 1,217 3 bedrooms: 3,281 4 bedrooms: 1,469 5 or more bedrooms: 464

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norwood:
	no bedroom: 117 1 bedroom: 1,672 2 bedrooms: 2,322 3 bedrooms: 786 4 bedrooms: 60 5 or more bedrooms: 18

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Norwood in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 360 1 vehicle: 1,844 2 vehicles: 3,262 3 vehicles: 877 4 vehicles: 251 5 or more vehicles: 54

Cars and other vehicles available in Norwood in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 562 1 vehicle: 2,535 2 vehicles: 1,680 3 vehicles: 122 4 vehicles: 61 5 or more vehicles: 15

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Norwood, MA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 3
$20,000 to $24,999: 10
$25,000 to $29,999: 8
$30,000 to $34,999: 5
$35,000 to $39,999: 5
$40,000 to $49,999: 10
$50,000 to $59,999: 6
$60,000 to $69,999: 4
$70,000 to $79,999: 4
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 11
$125,000 to $149,999: 30
$150,000 to $174,999: 80
$175,000 to $199,999: 84
$200,000 to $249,999: 263
$250,000 to $299,999: 644
$300,000 to $399,999: 2057
$400,000 to $499,999: 1701
$500,000 to $749,999: 1498
$750,000 to $999,999: 148
$1,000,000 or more: 77

Norwood rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Norwood:

Less than $100: 4 people
$100 to $149: 29
$150 to $199: 86
$200 to $249: 103
$250 to $299: 96
$300 to $349: 77
$350 to $399: 43
$400 to $449: 46
$450 to $499: 41
$500 to $549: 74
$550 to $599: 174
$600 to $649: 123
$650 to $699: 125
$700 to $749: 121
$750 to $799: 96
$800 to $899: 377
$900 to $999: 376
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,112
$1,250 to $1,499: 796
$1,500 to $1,999: 915
$2,000 or more: 71
No cash rent: 83

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,046 1990 to 1994: 401 1985 to 1989: 389 1980 to 1984: 204 1975 to 1979: 165 1970 to 1974: 218 1970 to 1974: 203 1965 to 1969: 735

Norwood, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 56.1%
Number of people working at home: 312 (2.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 416
5 to 9 minutes: 1635
10 to 14 minutes: 1818
15 to 19 minutes: 1705
20 to 24 minutes: 1552
25 to 29 minutes: 700
30 to 34 minutes: 1807
35 to 39 minutes: 602
40 to 44 minutes: 939
45 to 59 minutes: 1944
60 to 89 minutes: 1102
90 or more minutes: 285

Norwood mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 11,412 (77%)
Carpooled: 1,081 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 114 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 123 (1%)
Railroad: 1,313 (9%)
Taxi: 51 (0%)
Bicycle: 6 (0%)
Walked: 315 (2%)
Other means: 81 (1%)
Worked at home: 312 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 581
$10,000 to $14,999: 510
$15,000 to $19,999: 595
$20,000 to $24,999: 418
$25,000 to $29,999: 584
$30,000 to $34,999: 530
$35,000 to $39,999: 575
$40,000 to $44,999: 504
$45,000 to $49,999: 562
$50,000 to $59,999: 1099
$60,000 to $74,999: 1678
$75,000 to $99,999: 1744
$100,000 to $124,999: 986
$125,000 to $149,999: 641
$150,000 to $199,999: 399
$200,000 or more: 222

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 8806

Italian: 3751

Other groups: 2621

United States or American: 1370

English: 1269

Arab:: 888

German: 868

Lebanese: 636

Polish: 541

Scotch-Irish: 512

French Canadian: 494

French (except Basque): 477

Lithuanian: 445

Greek: 403

Scottish: 338

Swedish: 312

Portuguese: 300

Russian: 249

Canadian: 245

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 211

Syrian: 158

Norwegian: 127

Finnish: 121

Subsaharan African:: 99

Ukrainian: 98

Dutch: 97

Hungarian: 83

Jamaican: 81

Eastern European: 74

Haitian: 72

Armenian: 60

Albanian: 53

Brazilian: 47

Danish: 45

Austrian: 44

Egyptian: 37

Swiss: 37

Ghanian: 34

Yugoslavian: 34

European: 33

African: 31

British: 30

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 30

Arab/Arabic: 28

West Indian: 28

Turkish: 26

Bulgarian: 26

Slavic: 22

Romanian: 21

Iraqi: 17

Northern European: 16

Iranian: 16

Icelander: 16

Liberian: 14

Czech: 11

Nigerian: 10

Cape Verdean: 10

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 9

Jordanian: 8

Welsh: 7

Belgian: 6

Scandinavian: 6

German Russian: 5

Other Arab: 4

Celtic: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

India (18%)
Ireland (10%)
Italy (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Canada (5%)
Lebanon (4%)
Greece (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 21047
Northeast: 2357
Midwest: 513
South: 706
West: 419

64% of Norwood residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 71
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 60
7th and 8th grade: 125
9th grade: 91
10th grade: 146
11th grade: 115
12th grade, no diploma: 185
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,428
Less than 1 year of college: 397
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,164
Associate degree: 604
Bachelor's degree: 2,566
Master's degree: 1,181
Professional school degree: 290
Doctorate degree: 160

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 37
Nursery to 4th grade: 23
5th and 6th grade: 69
7th and 8th grade: 141
9th grade: 79
10th grade: 155
11th grade: 121
12th grade, no diploma: 265
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,285
Less than 1 year of college: 626
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,335
Associate degree: 1,097
Bachelor's degree: 2,578
Master's degree: 1,141
Professional school degree: 173
Doctorate degree: 63

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $73,033
Black householders: $35,075
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $10,206
Asian householders: $93,071
Some other race householders: $66,948
Two or more races householders: $48,973
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,570

Norwood household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Norwood household income for Black householders

Norwood household income for Asian householders

Norwood household income for Some other race householders

Norwood household income for Two or more races householders

Norwood household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Norwood marital status for males

Norwood marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $408,186
Asian householders: $420,071
Some other race householders: $510,696
Two or more races householders: $319,789
Hispanic or Latino householders: $355,073

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,138
One, attached: 453
Two: 1,506
3 or 4: 957
5 to 9: 721
10 to 19: 1,077
20 to 49: 582
50 or more: 511

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Norwood:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (49%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%) Electricity (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (57%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%) Electricity (18%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 414

Here:	15.3%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 271

Here:	22.1%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 520

Here:	47.4%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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