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Westwood, KY

4,480 Population
3.7 square miles 1,199 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,676 ±$3,217 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $32,258 ±$624
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$70,012 ±$14,231 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $58,483 ±$1,310
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

14.4% ±5.2% (610  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 17% 61,643 (±0.7% / ±2,612)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

24.1 minutes ±5.4 (45,005  ±15,340) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.1 3,424,370 (±0.6 / ±98,958)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,779 ±264 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 150,091 ±1,218
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.4 ±0.2 (4,344  ±716) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 364,009 (±0 / ±107)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,905 ±259 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,587 ±133
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$94,100 ±$8,699 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $149,000 ±$3,686
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

17.7% ±8.7% (794  ±411.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.9% 40,265 (±0.6% / ±2,276.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

85.7% ±7.4% (2,707  ±445) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89% 231,625 (±1.4% / ±3,521.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
10.6% ±5.1% (335  ±168.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23% 59,875 (±0.7% / ±1,707.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.7% ±1.8% (75  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,389
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

9.2% ±5.8% (329  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,712 (±0.4% / ±1,054)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
329 Total veterans ±214 226 Male ±154 103 Female ±149

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