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Westfield town, Chautauqua County, NY

4,513 Population
47 square miles 96 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chautauqua County: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,715 ±$5,486 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chautauqua County: $31,951 ±$817
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$46,826 ±$9,736 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $56,507 ±$1,981
  • about half the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

17.1% ±8.1% (758  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Chautauqua County: 17% 20,703 (±1.2% / ±1,460)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

16 minutes ±1.9 (26,495  ±6,187) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chautauqua County: 19.3 951,755 (±0.6 / ±39,533)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,184 ±242 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 53,602 ±620
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2 ±0.2 (4,414  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.3 121,364 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.3% ±3.3% (17  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chautauqua County: 5.8% † 1,521 (±1% / ±257)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,545 ±273 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 66,328 ±146
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$112,200 ±$17,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chautauqua County: $119,300 ±$2,896
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.8% ±5% (440  ±224.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Chautauqua County: 10.4% 13,039 (±0.9% / ±1,120.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.3% ±11.6% (3,062  ±475.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chautauqua County: 90% 79,651 (±1.9% / ±1,723.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
28.3% ±7.1% (969  ±255.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chautauqua County: 25.1% 22,218 (±1.1% / ±981.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

2.2% ±1.2% (97  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 2.4% 3,004
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6% ±3.5% (214  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 7.6% 7,594 (±0.5% / ±517)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
214 Total veterans ±125 214 Male ±125 N/A Female ±13

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