What is the population of Norton city?

Norton city has 3,620 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #225 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Norton city?

Median household income in Norton city is $38,497 a year, 51% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Norton city?

Median gross rent is $670 a month and the median home value is $100,700, so rent absorbs about 20.9% of median household income.

Is Norton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Norton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Norton, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Norton, Virginia (Norton, VA — Census place “Norton city”) is 3,620 residents, ranking #225 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $38,497, the median home is worth $100,700 and median gross rent runs $670 a month. Looking for the Norton Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Norton, VA: 24273.

Population: 3,620Norton city residents
Median household income: $38,497Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $100,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $670Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.3%Owner-occupied households

Norton ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Norton.

The Norton VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

24273

What the numbers mean in Norton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Norton city median would spend about 20.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.7% of residents and 52.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Norton city, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Norton city is a small town in Virginia, with 3,620 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #225 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Norton city earn a median of $38,497 a year, 51% below the national figure of $78,538 and 54% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 25.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Norton city is valued at $100,700, 66.8% below the national figure and 65% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $670 a month, 52.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,040 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 52.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Norton city?: Norton city has 3,620 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #225 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Norton city?: Median household income in Norton city is $38,497 a year, 51% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Norton city?: Median gross rent is $670 a month and the median home value is $100,700, so rent absorbs about 20.9% of median household income.
Is Norton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Norton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Norton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.