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Westwood, KY

4,473 Population
3.7 square miles 1,197.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,620 ±$3,081 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $33,619 ±$723
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,511 ±$8,266 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $60,078 ±$1,323
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.6% ±5.1% (407  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 16.6% 59,998 (±0.6% / ±2,273)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±4.2 (39,720  ±12,659) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.3 3,440,910 (±0.5 / ±83,443)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,695 ±250 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 152,165 ±1,127
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (4,348  ±765) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 361,729 (±0 / ±78)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,838 ±251 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,725 ±132
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,200 ±$8,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $154,700 ±$2,991
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±8.3% (626  ±387.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.5% 38,694 (±0.5% / ±1,932)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±6.6% (2,728  ±449.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89.7% 232,718 (±1.4% / ±3,599)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±6.1% (454  ±199.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23.5% 60,881 (±0.7% / ±1,782)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.8% ±2.3% (126  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,610
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±4.9% (274  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,634 (±0.3% / ±975)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
274 Total veterans ±178 115 Male ±113 159 Female ±141

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