City safety & data profile

NorristownPA

Norristown, PA is a 34K-resident city in Montgomery County with a median household income of $66,701.

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Norristown, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Norristown has a population larger than 68% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $213,900, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

34K
Population (place)
Top 32%
By size
$66,701
Median income (place)
$213,900
Median home (place)
18.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Norristown

Norristown posts a median household income higher than 32% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Norristown area.

Bottom 33%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Norristown

Where Norristown income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$66,701 Bottom 32% higher than 32% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Norristown $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in PA

Population among 88 PA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Philadelphia is the largest PA city on this list; Franklin Park leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in PA

Median household income among the same 88-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Franklin Park posts the highest place-level median income in PA; Philadelphia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Norristown, PA beyond the headline numbers

Norristown sits inside Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at roughly 40.12°N, -75.34°W. Population 34,412, $66,701 median household income. Median home value $213,900, median rent $1,422. Poverty rate 18.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Norristown, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.5% of Norristown, PA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Norristown costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 12.1% of Norristown workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 44.4% in Norristown, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

6.1% of Norristown workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Norristown's median age is 33.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Norristown from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
34,412
Norristown · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$66,701
-25% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$213,900
-48% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Montgomery County): Norristown's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
868K+8%
Median Income
$113,915+44%
Median Home Value
$436,700+49%
Poverty Rate
6.5%+7%
Unemployment
4.5%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Norristown, PA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,422/mo
Poverty Rate
18.5% +49% vs avg
Unemployment 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.5%
Work From Home 12.1%
Public Transit 6.1%

Population

White 29.6%
African American 31.4%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.1%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
44.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.6%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
1
SUBURBAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
NORRISTOWN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Norristown?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Norristown right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet PA-NORRISTOWN · Norristown

Norristown: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Norristown; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Pennsylvania state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Norristown, PA? ▼
Norristown, PA has a population of 34,412 people, located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Norristown? ▼
The median household income in Norristown, PA is $66,701 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.5%.
What is the median home value in Norristown? ▼
The median home value in Norristown, PA is $213,900. Median rent is $1,422/month.
What are the top health concerns in Norristown? ▼
The top health indicators in Norristown include Short Sleep Duration (44.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Norristown? ▼
Norristown has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Norristown? ▼
The median age in Norristown, PA is 33.2 years. 23.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Norristown, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside PA (18.5% here).

South Valley, NM 18.5% Clinton, IA 18.5% Jacksonville, IL 18.5% Sunnyside, WA 18.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside PA ($66,701 here).

Cudahy, WI $66,719 Salem, VA $66,725 Beaver Dam, WI $66,673 Wilmington, NC $66,738

Compare Norristown with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

East Norriton, PA 14K West Norriton, PA 15K King of Prussia, PA 20K Radnor, PA 31K Wayne, PA 31K Upper Roxborough, PA 11K Ardmore, PA 12K Lansdale, PA 17K
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Using Norristown's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Norristown area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Norristown against Pennsylvania peers on any ranking lens. Explore Pennsylvania

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Montgomery County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.