New Jersey · Census place 3453610

Norwood, New Jersey

Norwood is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 5,854 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 182nd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,854
#182 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+4.1%
+233 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
2,098 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Norwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Norwood population, 2020 to 2024

Norwood added 233 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +76. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Norwood is 52% of it.

5,62120205,60520215,73720225,77820235,8542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,637. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Norwood covers 2.79 square miles of land, for 2,098 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Norwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Norwood is in

All of Norwood's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Norwood holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Norwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07648. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Norwood is

The Census internal point of Norwood is at 40.992000, -73.950600. Trenton, the capital, is 68.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Closter, NJ (8,730 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 5.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.992000, -73.950600
DMS
40°59'31.20"N 73°57'2.16"W
UTM
18N 588267.5E 4538399.2N
Geohash
dr73jnqgd
Plus code
87G8X2RX+QQ

Daylight in Norwood

At 40.99° N, Norwood gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Closter, 1.4 miles away, with 8,730 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Norwood, NJ?

5,854 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 233 (4.1%) from 5,621 in July 2020.

What county is Norwood in?

Bergen County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Norwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07648.

How far is Norwood from Trenton?

68.0 miles (109.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Norwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Norwood?

Closter, NJ, with 8,730 residents, 1.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.