Kalamazoo vs Westwood

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

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

Kalamazoo has the higher population (73,132 vs 8,968 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($62,408 vs $48,965 in Kalamazoo). Westwood has the higher median home value ($187,300 vs $164,500 in Kalamazoo).

Population, income & housing

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
Population	73,132	8,968
Median age	26.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,965	$62,408
Median home value	$164,500	$187,300
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,192
Housing units	32,579	4,981
Homeownership rate	42.9%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
Population	76,019 → 73,132 (-3.8%)	9,271 → 8,968 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$41,774 → $48,965 (+17.2%)	$56,500 → $62,408 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $164,500 (+54.3%)	$129,100 → $187,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,031 (+29.7%)	$903 → $1,192 (+32.0%)

Kalamazoo

Population

76,01973,132

Median household income

$41,774$48,965

Median home value

$106,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,031

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)

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	27.6%	18.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.2%
75 and over	4.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	72.3%
Black or African American	21.4%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.7%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
Drove alone	74.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.1%
Public transit	2.2%	3.6%
Walked	6.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
1-unit, detached	50.7%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	23.5%
20 or more units	16.2%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kalamazoo	Westwood
Poverty rate	27.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.25	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1959	1966