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Westwood borough, Bergen County, NJ

11,221 Population
2.3 square miles 4,968.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bergen County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$64,396 ±$6,723 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bergen County: $62,986 ±$788
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$169,026 ±$21,211 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bergen County: $123,715 ±$2,159
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

4.3% ±2.4% (483  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bergen County: 6.7% 63,408 (±0.3% / ±2,997)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

28.8 minutes ±2.3 (156,120  ±20,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 31.4 12,727,115 (±0.3 / ±186,932)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

4,195 ±258 Number of households
  • Bergen County: 353,307 ±1,254
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.2 (11,142  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 944,137 (±0 / ±255)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

1.3% ±1.2% (31  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bergen County: 5% 10,706 (±0.4% / ±763)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

4,444 ±297 Number of housing units
  • Bergen County: 368,535 ±162
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$587,700 ±$30,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bergen County: $593,200 ±$4,951
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

9.8% ±3.8% (1,092  ±423.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 9.1% 85,839 (±0.4% / ±3,519.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

94.9% ±9.1% (7,493  ±779.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 630,189 (±0.9% / ±6,173.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
55.8% ±7.4% (4,405  ±612.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bergen County: 52.6% 356,861 (±0.6% / ±4,330.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.5% ±5.4% (2,072  ±610) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bergen County: 31.4% 300,087
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

5.5% ±2.3% (496  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 3.2% 24,300 (±0.2% / ±1,352)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
496 Total veterans ±206 496 Male ±206 N/A Female ±21

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