Wellington vs Westwood

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

Wellington 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 436 in Wellington). Westwood has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $96,250 in Wellington). Westwood has the higher median home value ($335,300 vs $328,500 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Wellington	Westwood
Population	436	467
Median age	51.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$105,833
Median home value	$328,500	$335,300
Median gross rent	$2,000	—
Housing units	227	190
Homeownership rate	92.1%	99.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wellington	Westwood
Population	470 → 436 (-7.2%)	564 → 467 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$84,375 → $96,250 (+14.1%)	$92,917 → $105,833 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $328,500 (+29.6%)	$234,800 → $335,300 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $2,000 (+37.9%)	—

Wellington

Population

470436

Median household income

$84,375$96,250

Median home value

$253,400$328,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$2,000

Westwood

Population

564467

Median household income

$92,917$105,833

Median home value

$234,800$335,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wellington	Westwood
Under 5	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	16.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.2%
75 and over	8.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wellington	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wellington	Westwood
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wellington	Westwood
Drove alone	64.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Wellington	Westwood
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1946	1966