Norman

Population & Demographics

Norman, OK

Norman is home to 129,672 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 50,445 resident workers commute each day.

OklahomaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
129,672
people
Population

129,672 residents

Median age 32.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Norman population & demographics

Who lives in Norman — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
129,672
Median age
32.5yrs
Median household income
$67,704
Median home value
$250,100
Median gross rent
$1,090/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
45.9%
Poverty rate
16.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Norman

How Norman breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White69.3%
Hispanic or Latino9.2%
Two or more races8.9%
Asian4.3%
Black4.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native3.7%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Norman

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Norman.

Norman at a glance
Employed Residents
50,445
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
19.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
31.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Oklahoma City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Norman proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Norman commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

65 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Norman

50,445 commutes, one dot at a time

Norman

Where 50,445 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Norman, by worker count.

1Oklahoma City19.6 mi17,211
2Norman0.0 mi15,934
3Moore8.6 mi1,798
4Tulsa104.3 mi1,401
5Midwest City16.5 mi806
6Edmond30.2 mi705
7Goldsby6.9 mi425
8Shawnee29.0 mi348

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Norman.

1Norman0.0 mi15,934
2Oklahoma City19.6 mi9,777
3Moore8.6 mi3,041
4Edmond30.2 mi991
5Midwest City16.5 mi989
6Tulsa104.3 mi849
7Noble6.0 mi796
8Lawton70.5 mi613

Top industries

The sectors that employ Norman’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services16.8%
RTRetail Trade13.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.8%
EDEducational Services6.1%
MFManufacturing5.6%
PAPublic Administration4.3%
COConstruction3.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Norman

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps89%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Norman

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).