Spiceland vs Westwood

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

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

Spiceland has the higher population (896 vs 555 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($88,973 vs $63,676 in Spiceland). Since 2019, Spiceland's population has grown faster (+8.6% vs +7.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Spiceland	Westwood
Population	896	555
Median age	32.6 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,676	$88,973
Median home value	$107,700	—
Median gross rent	$778	—
Housing units	364	154
Homeownership rate	74.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spiceland	Westwood
Population	825 → 896 (+8.6%)	515 → 555 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$53,625 → $63,676 (+18.7%)	$86,875 → $88,973 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $107,700 (+32.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$783 → $778 (-0.6%)	—

Spiceland

Population

825896

Median household income

$53,625$63,676

Median home value

$81,600$107,700

Median gross rent

$783$778

Westwood

Population

515555

Median household income

$86,875$88,973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spiceland	Westwood
Under 5	6.6%	27.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	23.1%
35 to 44	3.0%	0.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	1.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.5%
75 and over	4.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spiceland	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spiceland	Westwood
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	58.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spiceland	Westwood
Drove alone	83.3%	92.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spiceland	Westwood
1-unit, detached	92.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spiceland	Westwood
Poverty rate	19.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.75	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1951	1992