City safety & data profile

NorwalkOH

Norwalk, OH is a 17K-resident city in Huron County with a median household income of $60,844.

Huron County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Norwalk, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Norwalk has a population larger than 35% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $163,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 36%
By size
$60,844
Median income (place)
$163,300
Median home (place)
16.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Norwalk

Norwalk posts a median household income higher than 23% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Norwalk area.

Bottom 24%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Norwalk

Where Norwalk income ranks nationally

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

$60,844 Bottom 23% higher than 23% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Norwalk $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 OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Norwalk, OH beyond the headline numbers

Norwalk sits inside Huron County, Ohio, at roughly 41.24°N, -82.62°W. Population 16,827, $60,844 median household income. Median home value $163,300, median rent $836. Poverty rate 16.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Norwalk, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Norwalk, OH stands at 16.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Norwalk runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5% of Norwalk workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.8% in Norwalk, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Norwalk workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Norwalk 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)
16,827
Norwalk · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$60,844
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$163,300
-61% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Huron County): Norwalk'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
58K-2%
Median Income
$67,878+37%
Median Home Value
$166,000+40%
Poverty Rate
13.2%-2%
Unemployment
4.5%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Norwalk, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$836/mo
Poverty Rate
16.3% +31% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.4%
Work From Home 5%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 89.7%
African American 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.6%
High Blood Pressure
37.8%
Obesity
35.1%
Physical Inactivity
30.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18%
Current Smoking
16.9%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.1%
Diabetes
13.7%
Current Asthma
11.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.5%
Annual Checkup 80%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
FISHER-TITUS HOSPITAL
NORWALK · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Norwalk?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-NORWALK-OH · Norwalk

Norwalk: 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 Norwalk; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Norwalk, OH? ▼
Norwalk, OH has a population of 16,827 people, located in Huron County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Norwalk? ▼
The median household income in Norwalk, OH is $60,844 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.3%.
What is the median home value in Norwalk? ▼
The median home value in Norwalk, OH is $163,300. Median rent is $836/month.
What are the top health concerns in Norwalk? ▼
The top health indicators in Norwalk include Short Sleep Duration (40.6%), High Blood Pressure (37.8%), Obesity (35.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Norwalk? ▼
Norwalk has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Norwalk? ▼
The median age in Norwalk, OH is 39.5 years. 19.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (16.3% here).

Bakersfield, CA 16.3% Gastonia, NC 16.3% Fort Myers, FL 16.3% Houma, LA 16.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($60,844 here).

Tillmans Corner, AL $60,837 Newport, KY $60,853 East Orange, NJ $60,830 Pottstown, PA $60,828

Compare Norwalk 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.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Sandusky, OH 25K Vermilion, OH 10K Vermilion-on-the-Lake, OH 11K Amherst, OH 12K Ashland, OH 20K Lorain, OH 64K Mansfield, OH 47K Fremont, OH 16K
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Using Norwalk'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 Norwalk 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 Norwalk against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

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 (Huron 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.