Acton vs Westlake Village

A side-by-side comparison of Acton and Westlake Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westlake Village has the higher population (7,829 vs 7,721 in Acton). Westlake Village has the higher median household income ($174,069 vs $110,000 in Acton). Westlake Village has the higher median home value ($1,212,800 vs $695,300 in Acton).

Population, income & housing

	Acton	Westlake Village
Population	7,721	7,829
Median age	45.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$174,069
Median home value	$695,300	$1,212,800
Median gross rent	$1,755	$3,501
Housing units	2,887	3,190
Homeownership rate	94.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acton	Westlake Village
Population	7,232 → 7,721 (+6.8%)	8,358 → 7,829 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$97,857 → $110,000 (+12.4%)	$140,850 → $174,069 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$559,600 → $695,300 (+24.2%)	$953,700 → $1,212,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,535 → $1,755 (+14.3%)	$2,900 → $3,501 (+20.7%)

Acton

Population

7,2327,721

Median household income

$97,857$110,000

Median home value

$559,600$695,300

Median gross rent

$1,535$1,755

Westlake Village

Population

8,3587,829

Median household income

$140,850$174,069

Median home value

$953,700$1,212,800

Median gross rent

$2,900$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acton	Westlake Village
Under 5	6.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	15.4%
75 and over	4.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acton	Westlake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acton	Westlake Village
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acton	Westlake Village
Drove alone	68.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	2.5%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	31.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acton	Westlake Village
1-unit, detached	90.9%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Acton	Westlake Village
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	48	25
Median year structure built	1986	1974