Herlong vs Westwood

A side-by-side comparison of Herlong and Westwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Herlong and Westwood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westwood has the higher population (769 vs 329 in Herlong). Since 2019, Westwood's population has grown faster (-53.3% vs -74.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Herlong	Westwood
Population	329	769
Median age	28.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	—
Median home value	—	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,083	$901
Housing units	131	836
Homeownership rate	0.0%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herlong	Westwood
Population	1,295 → 329 (-74.6%)	1,645 → 769 (-53.3%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $55,938 (+6.5%)	$41,636 → $34,960 (-16.0%)
Median home value	—	$118,000 → $176,500 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,083 (+24.1%)	$908 → $901 (-0.8%)

Herlong

Population

1,295329

Median household income

$52,500$55,938

Median gross rent

$873$1,083

Westwood

Population

1,645769

Median household income

$41,636$34,960

Median home value

$118,000$176,500

Median gross rent

$908$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herlong	Westwood
Under 5	14.3%	14.2%
5 to 17	21.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	21.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.2%
75 and over	1.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herlong	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.9%	13.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herlong	Westwood
No high school diploma	4.0%	22.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herlong	Westwood
Drove alone	82.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	17.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herlong	Westwood
1-unit, detached	0.0%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	97.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Herlong	Westwood
Poverty rate	17.7%	22.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	11	23
Median year structure built	1954	1945