Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Walkerma assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainNorwood has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
217 jobs are based in Norwood, and 605 of its residents work somewhere. Norwood grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Norwood apart on work
Norwood and Potsdam trade workers both ways
Potsdam is the top workplace for Norwood residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Norwood come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Norwood than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Norwood fell from 369 in 2014 to 217 in 2024, −41%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 605 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Norwood’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Norwood is better than 8% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Norwood’s grade.
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Norwood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Norwood could be anywhere from D− to C−.
32% of working residents work in Potsdam
Where Norwood clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Norwood: what the 217 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norwood, 2014 → 2024: 369 → 217. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Norwood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Norwood on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Norwood: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norwood workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 484 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Norwood commutes less than 14 miles
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Norwood gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norwood is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 515 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.7% of Norwood households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Norwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Norwood is 4,965th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,963 | Stanberry MO | 1,168 | $63K | 19.0% | 3.8% | 14% | D |
| 4,964 | Tecumseh NE | 1,695 | $45K | 12.8% | 6.3% | 27% | D |
| 4,965 | Norwood NY | 1,521 | $54K | 17.2% | 8.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,966 | Franklin TX | 1,805 | $54K | 24.6% | 6.7% | 15% | D |
| 4,967 | Darrington WA | 1,500 | $66K | 19.4% | 10.8% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Norwood, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Norwood: questions
What is the median household income in Norwood?
$54,375 (±$13,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norwood?
17.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norwood?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Potsdam (32%, 5 mi), Canton (18%, 16 mi), Massena (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Norwood walkable?
Norwood is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.