Kingsford Heights vs Westville

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsford Heights and Westville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westville has the higher population (5,291 vs 1,313 in Kingsford Heights). Westville has the higher median household income ($59,732 vs $55,938 in Kingsford Heights). Westville has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $103,100 in Kingsford Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
Population	1,313	5,291
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$59,732
Median home value	$103,100	$152,000
Median gross rent	$805	$878
Housing units	598	825
Homeownership rate	59.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
Population	1,216 → 1,313 (+8.0%)	5,848 → 5,291 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$43,664 → $55,938 (+28.1%)	$50,031 → $59,732 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $103,100 (+61.3%)	$129,100 → $152,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $805 (+10.4%)	$583 → $878 (+50.6%)

Kingsford Heights

Population

1,2161,313

Median household income

$43,664$55,938

Median home value

$63,900$103,100

Median gross rent

$729$805

Westville

Population

5,8485,291

Median household income

$50,031$59,732

Median home value

$129,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$583$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
Under 5	7.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	5.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	26.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	24.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.2%
75 and over	5.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	65.5%
Black or African American	7.5%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
No high school diploma	15.2%	24.6%
High school graduate	52.1%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
Drove alone	87.4%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
1-unit, detached	83.8%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	40.1%

Poverty & households

	Kingsford Heights	Westville
Poverty rate	18.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1958	1999