Janesville vs Westwood

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

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

Janesville has the higher population (2,447 vs 769 in Westwood). Janesville has the higher median home value ($289,400 vs $176,500 in Westwood). Since 2019, Janesville's population has grown faster (+73.7% vs -53.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Westwood
Population	2,447	769
Median age	52.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,938	—
Median home value	$289,400	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,365	$901
Housing units	1,198	836
Homeownership rate	74.1%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Westwood
Population	1,409 → 2,447 (+73.7%)	1,645 → 769 (-53.3%)
Median household income	$71,346 → $70,938 (-0.6%)	$41,636 → $34,960 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$286,500 → $289,400 (+1.0%)	$118,000 → $176,500 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,365 (+8.9%)	$908 → $901 (-0.8%)

Janesville

Population

1,4092,447

Median household income

$71,346$70,938

Median home value

$286,500$289,400

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,365

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)

	Janesville	Westwood
Under 5	2.7%	14.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	8.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	21.5%
55 to 64	22.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	19.2%
75 and over	12.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	13.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Westwood
No high school diploma	14.0%	22.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Westwood
Drove alone	81.9%	67.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Westwood
1-unit, detached	67.4%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Westwood
Poverty rate	6.7%	22.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1985	1945