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Westwood, MI

8,867 Population
2.9 square miles 3,108.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,080 ±$20,330 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $41,530 ±$1,227
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,205 ±$8,569 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $72,532 ±$1,537
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±5.8% (1,245  ±523) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 12.7% 32,277 (±0.8% / ±1,919)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±3.3 (77,440  ±17,871) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 20.7 2,356,585 (±0.4 / ±61,672)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,596 ±379 Number of households
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 107,110 ±708
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (8,861  ±596) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 2.4 254,521 (±0 / ±150)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.4% (55  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 4.5% † 3,038 (±0.9% / ±573)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,983 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 114,908 ±116
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,400 ±$8,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: $241,800 ±$3,566
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±5% (1,091  ±441.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 14.3% 37,200 (±0.9% / ±2,414.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±6.3% (5,660  ±684.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 94.7% 158,304 (±1.7% / ±2,891.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51% ±6.4% (3,017  ±488.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 41.3% 68,997 (±1.1% / ±1,838.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.4 times 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

9.8% ±4.3% (869  ±386) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.8% 15,204
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.4% (326  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area: 5.7% 11,723 (±0.4% / ±801)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
326 Total veterans ±177 310 Male ±175 16 Female ±27

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