Briarwood vs Westwood

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

Briarwood 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 (467 vs 420 in Briarwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $74,375 in Briarwood). Westwood has the higher median home value ($335,300 vs $193,400 in Briarwood).

Population, income & housing

	Briarwood	Westwood
Population	420	467
Median age	45.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$105,833
Median home value	$193,400	$335,300
Median gross rent	$1,482	—
Housing units	219	190
Homeownership rate	88.1%	99.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briarwood	Westwood
Population	527 → 420 (-20.3%)	564 → 467 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$60,729 → $74,375 (+22.5%)	$92,917 → $105,833 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $193,400 (+30.7%)	$234,800 → $335,300 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,482 (+12.6%)	—

Briarwood

Population

527420

Median household income

$60,729$74,375

Median home value

$148,000$193,400

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,482

Westwood

Population

564467

Median household income

$92,917$105,833

Median home value

$234,800$335,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briarwood	Westwood
Under 5	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.2%
75 and over	8.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briarwood	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	83.7%
Black or African American	9.8%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briarwood	Westwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briarwood	Westwood
Drove alone	82.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briarwood	Westwood
1-unit, detached	49.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	49.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briarwood	Westwood
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1972	1966