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Norwood township, St. Louis County, MO

28,231 Population
8.3 square miles 3,411.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Louis County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,830 ±$1,505 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in St. Louis County: $51,085 ±$610
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$37,774 ±$2,400 Median household income
  • about half the amount in St. Louis County: $81,340 ±$1,143
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

24.3% ±4.4% (6,769  ±1,283) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in St. Louis County: 9.6% 93,427 (±0.4% / ±3,862)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

25.8 minutes ±4.2 (258,610  ±29,071) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Louis County: 23.3 9,605,730 (±0.3 / ±148,052)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

13,202 ±871 Number of households
  • St. Louis County: 414,739 ±1,617
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.1 ±0.2 (28,088  ±1,704) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Louis County: 2.4 977,242 (±0 / ±153)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

3.4% ±1.9% (236  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 5% 11,310 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

15,932 ±896 Number of housing units
  • St. Louis County: 445,472 ±181
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$77,500 ±$6,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in St. Louis County: $260,700 ±$2,616
  • about one-third of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13.9% ±3.1% (3,906  ±898.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Louis County: 12% 118,506 (±0.5% / ±4,611.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.9% ±4% (16,833  ±1,352.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Louis County: 94.4% 653,857 (±0.9% / ±6,400.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
12.8% ±2.5% (2,458  ±511.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in St. Louis County: 46.9% 324,957 (±0.6% / ±4,240.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

1.3% ±0.6% (361  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in St. Louis County: 8.1% 80,825
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.3% ±1.5% (1,341  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in St. Louis County: 6.1% 47,020 (±0.2% / ±1,424)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,341 Total veterans ±335 1,254 Male ±320 87 Female ±54

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