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Norwich, NY
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Norwich profile


Living in Norwich



Norwich is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 6,685 people and four associated neighborhoods, Norwich is the 250th largest community in New York. Norwich has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

A relatively large number of people in Norwich telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Norwich spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.03 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Norwich does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Norwich is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.01% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Norwich in 2022 was $30,499, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,996 for a family of four. However, Norwich contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Norwich is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Norwich home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norwich residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Norwich include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Norwich is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.