Norwood
North woods, one school, and a hundred acres kept open
Norwood took its name from “north woods” and has kept more of them than most: over 100 acres of the borough are preserved as open space. Everything civic runs through one building. Norwood Public School has stood at 177 Summit Street since 1951 and takes every child in town from pre-K through eighth grade, which the district calls the cultural centerpiece of a small town. The average tax bill, $16,196, is the third-lowest of the eight.
- One school for the whole town, pre-K to eighth grade, about 611 students
- Over 100 acres of the borough preserved as open space
- Incorporated in 1905, out of the old Harrington Township
- A mid-table tax bill at an effective rate just over 2%
Getting to the city
Emerson, Pascack Valley Line (~4.2 mi)
There is no passenger rail in Norwood. The nearest NJ Transit station is Emerson, Pascack Valley Line (~4.2 mi).
No NJ Transit bus route serves the borough.
Commuter bus: Rockland Coaches 20/20T to Port Authority.
What you will find
The average residential assessment is $560,028 and the average tax bill $16,196 (2025), an effective rate of 2.054%.
Census ACS puts the median home value at $709,100, with 79.2% of households owning their home.
Northern Valley Regional
- K-8
- Norwood Public School District (PK-8, single school)
- High school
- Northern Valley Regional HS at Old Tappan
Norwood high schoolers attend Northern Valley Regional HS at Old Tappan, part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District. In 2024-25 it recorded 76.0% proficiency in grade 9 English and 56.6% in Algebra I, with a 98.0% graduation rate and mean SAT scores of 619 math / 619 reading. The state means were 50.0% grade 9 English, 38.1% Algebra I and 519 math / 533 reading. K-8 is Norwood Public School District (PK-8, single school), which recorded 75.7% proficiency in English and 66.2% in maths district-wide.
What people wish they knew
- No NJ Transit bus. Rockland Coaches 20/20T to Port Authority and the George Washington Bridge is the only bus service.
- Nearest train is Emerson, about 4.2 miles away, on the Pascack Valley Line.
- Average tax bill $16,196 at an effective rate of 2.054%, both mid-table for the eight.
- Norwood Public School is a single-school district: one building through eighth grade, then the regional high school.
- High school is Northern Valley Regional at Old Tappan.