Carmel vs Westfield

A side-by-side comparison of Carmel and Westfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Carmel and Westfield are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carmel has the higher population (100,501 vs 51,109 in Westfield). Carmel has the higher median household income ($134,602 vs $119,598 in Westfield). Carmel has the higher median home value ($455,500 vs $391,900 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel	Westfield
Population	100,501	51,109
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$134,602	$119,598
Median home value	$455,500	$391,900
Median gross rent	$1,607	$1,526
Housing units	40,477	20,038
Homeownership rate	74.6%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel	Westfield
Population	97,464 → 100,501 (+3.1%)	39,610 → 51,109 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$112,765 → $134,602 (+19.4%)	$98,376 → $119,598 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$333,200 → $455,500 (+36.7%)	$254,800 → $391,900 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,207 → $1,607 (+33.1%)	$1,207 → $1,526 (+26.4%)

Carmel

Population

97,464100,501

Median household income

$112,765$134,602

Median home value

$333,200$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,607

Westfield

Population

39,61051,109

Median household income

$98,376$119,598

Median home value

$254,800$391,900

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,526

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel	Westfield
Under 5	5.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.9%
75 and over	5.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel	Westfield
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	8.0%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel	Westfield
Drove alone	69.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	25.0%	19.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel	Westfield
1-unit, detached	70.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Carmel	Westfield
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1997	2008