Fishers vs Westfield

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

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

Fishers has the higher population (100,918 vs 51,109 in Westfield). Fishers has the higher median household income ($128,141 vs $119,598 in Westfield). Westfield has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $370,200 in Fishers).

Population, income & housing

	Fishers	Westfield
Population	100,918	51,109
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$128,141	$119,598
Median home value	$370,200	$391,900
Median gross rent	$1,491	$1,526
Housing units	38,084	20,038
Homeownership rate	76.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishers	Westfield
Population	90,332 → 100,918 (+11.7%)	39,610 → 51,109 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$109,454 → $128,141 (+17.1%)	$98,376 → $119,598 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $370,200 (+40.1%)	$254,800 → $391,900 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,491 (+19.3%)	$1,207 → $1,526 (+26.4%)

Fishers

Population

90,332100,918

Median household income

$109,454$128,141

Median home value

$264,200$370,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,491

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)

	Fishers	Westfield
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	17.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.9%
75 and over	4.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishers	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	77.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishers	Westfield
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	10.9%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishers	Westfield
Drove alone	70.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.9%	19.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishers	Westfield
1-unit, detached	76.1%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fishers	Westfield
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	2002	2008