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Norristown Area School District, PA

71,920 Population
15.5 square miles 4,651.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,726 ±$6,941 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montgomery County: $59,425 ±$1,747
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$75,266 ±$9,085 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montgomery County: $106,748 ±$2,787
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

13.9% ±4.1% (9,777  ±2,974) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Montgomery County: 7% † 58,892 (±0.7% / ±6,299)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

27.4 minutes ±0.8 (815,325  ±43,940) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 27.9 9,825,160 (±0.3 / ±138,334)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

29,019 ±2,091 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 338,467 ±2,521
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.4 ±0.1 (70,191  ±5,384) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 845,569 (±0 / ±287)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

7.5% ±5% (1,249  ±851) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montgomery County: 5.8% † 11,117 (±1% / ±1,997)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

30,702 ±2,026 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 352,167 ±150
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$318,100 ±$22,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montgomery County: $445,000 ±$7,232
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

8.2% ±2.9% (5,835  ±2,087.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Montgomery County: 8.7% 74,857 (±0.8% / ±6,556.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

86.9% ±5.7% (44,657  ±4,253.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 95% 585,964 (±1.9% / ±11,511.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
32% ±4.1% (16,470  ±2,405.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 52.5% 323,695 (±1.3% / ±8,034.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.4% ±3.6% (13,223  ±2,799) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 11.6% 100,736
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

4.3% ±1.4% (2,462  ±829) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Montgomery County: 4.6% 31,677 (±0.4% / ±2,761)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
2,462 Total veterans ±829 2,041 Male ±718 421 Female ±440

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