Wayland vs Westwood

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

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

Wayland has the higher population (1,140 vs 104 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($117,083 vs $67,000 in Wayland). Westwood has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $122,200 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Wayland	Westwood
Population	1,140	104
Median age	45.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,000	$117,083
Median home value	$122,200	$258,900
Median gross rent	$693	—
Housing units	438	49
Homeownership rate	76.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wayland	Westwood
Population	1,066 → 1,140 (+6.9%)	97 → 104 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $67,000 (+23.7%)	$95,833 → $117,083 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $122,200 (+34.3%)	$207,500 → $258,900 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $693 (+34.8%)	—

Wayland

Population

1,0661,140

Median household income

$54,167$67,000

Median home value

$91,000$122,200

Median gross rent

$514$693

Westwood

Population

97104

Median household income

$95,833$117,083

Median home value

$207,500$258,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wayland	Westwood
Under 5	4.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	28.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.5%
75 and over	11.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wayland	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wayland	Westwood
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	33.4%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wayland	Westwood
Drove alone	83.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wayland	Westwood
1-unit, detached	76.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wayland	Westwood
Poverty rate	6.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1956	1973