Catlettsburg vs Westwood

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (4,480 vs 1,672 in Catlettsburg). Westwood has the higher median household income ($70,012 vs $34,524 in Catlettsburg). Westwood has the higher median home value ($94,100 vs $71,400 in Catlettsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
Population	1,672	4,480
Median age	48.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,524	$70,012
Median home value	$71,400	$94,100
Median gross rent	$590	$880
Housing units	954	1,905
Homeownership rate	51.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
Population	1,895 → 1,672 (-11.8%)	4,706 → 4,480 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$28,145 → $34,524 (+22.7%)	$40,824 → $70,012 (+71.5%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $71,400 (+1.0%)	$97,100 → $94,100 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$454 → $590 (+30.0%)	$680 → $880 (+29.4%)

Catlettsburg

Population

1,8951,672

Median household income

$28,145$34,524

Median home value

$70,700$71,400

Median gross rent

$454$590

Westwood

Population

4,7064,480

Median household income

$40,824$70,012

Median home value

$97,100$94,100

Median gross rent

$680$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
Under 5	3.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	15.3%
75 and over	14.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
No high school diploma	17.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	49.0%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
Drove alone	78.2%	91.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.1%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
1-unit, detached	66.5%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Catlettsburg	Westwood
Poverty rate	25.4%	14.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1956	1973