Westwood vs Westwood Hills

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (1,851 vs 484 in Westwood Hills). Westwood Hills has the higher median household income ($196,250 vs $102,500 in Westwood). Westwood Hills has the higher median home value ($548,900 vs $384,500 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
Population	1,851	484
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$102,500	$196,250
Median home value	$384,500	$548,900
Median gross rent	$1,900	$2,125
Housing units	885	208
Homeownership rate	81.5%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	91.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
Population	1,657 → 1,851 (+11.7%)	463 → 484 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$79,955 → $102,500 (+28.2%)	$153,750 → $196,250 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$250,500 → $384,500 (+53.5%)	$423,700 → $548,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $1,900 (+15.0%)	$1,833 → $2,125 (+15.9%)

Westwood

Population

1,6571,851

Median household income

$79,955$102,500

Median home value

$250,500$384,500

Median gross rent

$1,652$1,900

Westwood Hills

Population

463484

Median household income

$153,750$196,250

Median home value

$423,700$548,900

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
Under 5	6.4%	10.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	24.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.2%
75 and over	9.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	4.1%	1.8%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	4.2%
Bachelor's degree	44.1%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	49.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
Drove alone	60.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.5%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	28.4%	19.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
1-unit, detached	88.4%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Westwood	Westwood Hills
Poverty rate	2.3%	0.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1949	1938