Census Reporter

Westfield Town School District, NJ

29,690 Population
6.7 square miles 4,415.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$79,894 ±$4,894 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Union County: $42,606 ±$592
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$158,323 ±$21,821 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Union County: $82,644 ±$1,642
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

2.4% ±0.8% (692  ±231) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 8.8% 48,276 (±0.6% / ±3,021)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

38.5 minutes ±0.8 (443,150  ±31,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 31.3 8,075,345 (±0.4 / ±129,034)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

10,188 ±319 Number of households
  • Union County: 191,862 ±828
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.9 ±0.1 (29,367  ±115) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.9 547,843 (±0 / ±842)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

6.8% ±2.3% (428  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 4.9% 6,369 (±0.4% / ±578)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

10,670 ±354 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 202,823 ±356
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$773,200 ±$30,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Union County: $378,700 ±$3,870
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

7.1% ±1.7% (2,082  ±500.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Union County: 9.3% 51,313 (±0.5% / ±2,942.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

98% ±4.8% (18,864  ±1,047.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 87.1% 329,516 (±1.1% / ±4,042.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
74.7% ±4.3% (14,370  ±911.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Union County: 37.1% 140,121 (±0.7% / ±2,714.4)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

11.5% ±1.6% (3,421  ±477) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Union County: 30.1% 167,363 (±0.6% / ±3,522)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

4.1% ±1.3% (876  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 3.3% 14,124 (±0.2% / ±813)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
876 Total veterans ±266 870 Male ±266 6 Female ±10

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