Knightstown vs Westwood

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

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

Knightstown has the higher population (2,154 vs 555 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($88,973 vs $44,655 in Knightstown). Since 2019, Westwood's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Knightstown	Westwood
Population	2,154	555
Median age	40.1 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,655	$88,973
Median home value	$121,500	—
Median gross rent	$805	—
Housing units	1,059	154
Homeownership rate	63.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightstown	Westwood
Population	2,223 → 2,154 (-3.1%)	515 → 555 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$52,037 → $44,655 (-14.2%)	$86,875 → $88,973 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$82,300 → $121,500 (+47.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$737 → $805 (+9.2%)	—

Knightstown

Population

2,2232,154

Median household income

$52,037$44,655

Median home value

$82,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$737$805

Westwood

Population

515555

Median household income

$86,875$88,973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightstown	Westwood
Under 5	6.8%	27.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	23.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	0.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	1.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	4.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightstown	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightstown	Westwood
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightstown	Westwood
Drove alone	87.5%	92.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightstown	Westwood
1-unit, detached	71.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Knightstown	Westwood
Poverty rate	23.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1941	1992