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Norristown borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Norristown borough is a Census borough of 35,893 people across 3.52 square miles of land, in Montgomery County. Median household income is $66,701, 42.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 84 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $45.8 m.
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Norristown
What Norristown is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area3.52 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land10,211
- County holding the largest share of its areaMontgomery County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norristown
How many people live in Norristown
- Population35,893
- Median age33.2
- Population under 188,929
- Share under 1824.9 percent
- Population 65 and over3,722
- Share 65 and over10.4 percent
- Households12,642
- Family households7,565
- Share of households that are families59.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norristown
Income and work in Norristown
- Median household income$66,701
- Per capita income$27,821
- Civilian labor force19,176
- Employed17,801
- Unemployed1,375 plus or minus 346
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over22,656
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norristown
Housing in Norristown
- Housing units13,861
- Occupied units12,642
- Vacant units1,219 plus or minus 316
- Vacancy rate8.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied5,392
- Renter occupied7,250
- Ownership rate42.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$213,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,422
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.6 percent
- Single family units8,384
- Share single family60.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,472
- Share in buildings of two or more39.5 percent
- Mobile homes5 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norristown
How Norristown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,376
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,832 plus or minus 571
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,482
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.2 percent
- Drove alone60.8 percent
- Carpooled13.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport6.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Walked4.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home12.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Norristown
SBA 7(a) lending to Norristown borrowers
- Approvals84
- Gross approval$45,754,100
- Average approval$544,692
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,294,000
- Largest approval$3,500,000
- Jobs supported672
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Paid in full20
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans13.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.2 percent
- Share to franchises9.5 percent
- Distinct lenders34
- Distinct industries by NAICS56
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Norristown
SBA 504 lending to Norristown borrowers
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$8,144,000
- Average approval$678,667
- Median approval$555,000
- Largest approval$1,580,000
- Jobs supported155
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Norristown
Flood programme status in Norristown
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number425386
- Currently effective map date03/02/16
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Montgomery County, not Norristown
Montgomery County context, not Norristown figures
These are Montgomery County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Norristown measurements.
- Establishments in Montgomery County26,711
- Employment at those establishments, Montgomery County559,196
- Covered employment, Montgomery County505,821
- Average annual pay, Montgomery County$88,412
- Average weekly wage, Montgomery County$1,700
- Housing units permitted, Montgomery County2,490
- Of those, single family, Montgomery County1,877
- County product, 2024, Montgomery County$110,422,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Montgomery County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Montgomery County$109,868
Every figure in this section is published for Montgomery County as a whole and is not a measurement of Norristown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Norristown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Norristown, Pennsylvania?
35,893, in 12,642 households. Norristown borough covers 3.52 square miles of land, which is 10,211 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Norristown in?
Montgomery County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Norristown?
$66,701. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $213,900. Median gross rent is $1,422 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Norristown businesses?
84 7(a) approvals totalling $45.8 m, across 34 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $8.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Norristown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Norristown borrowers get paid back?
Of the 23 loans that have reached a final outcome, 20 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 13.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Norristown in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Norristown appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 425386, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Norristown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Montgomery County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Norristown.
Is zoning published for Norristown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.