Norwood is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,442 people and three associated neighborhoods, Norwood is the 281st largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Norwood is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.59% of the Norwood workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Norwood is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norwood who work in maintenance occupations (12.83%), teaching (6.96%), and management occupations (6.83%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Norwood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Norwood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Norwood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Norwood is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.69% of adults 25 and older in Norwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Norwood in 2022 was $27,578, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,312 for a family of four. However, Norwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Norwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Norwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Norwood include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Norwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
