Norwood is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 28,587 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Norwood is the 58th largest community in Massachusetts.

Norwood is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.66% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Norwood is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.39%), sales jobs (11.86%), and management occupations (9.74%).

Also of interest is that Norwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Norwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Norwood use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Norwood's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Norwood Information and Demographics

The education level of Norwood citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 39.21% of adults in Norwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Norwood in 2000 was $27,720, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,880 for a family of four.

The people who call Norwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Norwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Norwood include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Lebanese.

The most common language spoken in Norwood is English.