Norristown is home to 35,893 people in Pennsylvania. Owners hold 43% of the housing stock. This skews young, with a median age of 33.2. Density works out to 10,211 people per square mile. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The typical home is worth $213,900, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,701, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 37%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Norristown
What changed most since 1990
White share70.0% → 26.1%(−44.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share2.9% → 34.8%(+31.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Homes owned by their occupants55.0% → 42.7%(−12.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Norristown's population equals 4.1% of Montgomery County's. Its number of households without a car equals 12% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 12% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)2.7%(27)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.1%(219)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.5%(321)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.7%(37)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.7%(37)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 989 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Norristown, decade by decade
Norristown population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
30,749
$68,745
$190,805
12.9%
55.4
2000
31,282
$65,059
$156,298
13.3%
78.2
2010
34,324
$62,651
$220,245
16.2%
87.2
2020
35,748
$65,946
$192,593
22.2%
88.3
2024
35,893
$66,701
$213,900
23.5%
88.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
