Eastwood vs Westwood

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (8,968 vs 6,704 in Eastwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($62,408 vs $50,054 in Eastwood). Westwood has the higher median home value ($187,300 vs $133,800 in Eastwood).

Population, income & housing

	Eastwood	Westwood
Population	6,704	8,968
Median age	33.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,054	$62,408
Median home value	$133,800	$187,300
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,192
Housing units	3,088	4,981
Homeownership rate	58.1%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastwood	Westwood
Population	5,656 → 6,704 (+18.5%)	9,271 → 8,968 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$51,418 → $50,054 (-2.7%)	$56,500 → $62,408 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $133,800 (+63.6%)	$129,100 → $187,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,028 (+14.9%)	$903 → $1,192 (+32.0%)

Eastwood

Population

5,6566,704

Median household income

$51,418$50,054

Median home value

$81,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,028

Westwood

Population

9,2718,968

Median household income

$56,500$62,408

Median home value

$129,100$187,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastwood	Westwood
Under 5	9.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	18.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	12.2%
75 and over	3.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastwood	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	72.3%
Black or African American	27.6%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastwood	Westwood
No high school diploma	11.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastwood	Westwood
Drove alone	78.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.1%
Public transit	1.9%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastwood	Westwood
1-unit, detached	66.8%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	23.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastwood	Westwood
Poverty rate	11.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.29	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1955	1966