Little Ferry vs Westwood

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

Little Ferry and Westwood are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westwood has the higher population (11,221 vs 10,942 in Little Ferry). Westwood has the higher median household income ($169,026 vs $79,476 in Little Ferry). Westwood has the higher median home value ($587,700 vs $388,500 in Little Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Little Ferry	Westwood
Population	10,942	11,221
Median age	44.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,476	$169,026
Median home value	$388,500	$587,700
Median gross rent	$1,798	$2,351
Housing units	4,672	4,444
Homeownership rate	43.1%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Ferry	Westwood
Population	10,782 → 10,942 (+1.5%)	11,115 → 11,221 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$66,098 → $79,476 (+20.2%)	$110,473 → $169,026 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$329,300 → $388,500 (+18.0%)	$463,500 → $587,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,349 → $1,798 (+33.3%)	$1,757 → $2,351 (+33.8%)

Little Ferry

Population

10,78210,942

Median household income

$66,098$79,476

Median home value

$329,300$388,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,798

Westwood

Population

11,11511,221

Median household income

$110,473$169,026

Median home value

$463,500$587,700

Median gross rent

$1,757$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Ferry	Westwood
Under 5	3.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Ferry	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	64.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.4%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Ferry	Westwood
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Ferry	Westwood
Drove alone	68.5%	61.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.8%
Public transit	15.5%	4.8%
Walked	1.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.6%	17.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Ferry	Westwood
1-unit, detached	35.9%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	25.6%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	14.9%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Little Ferry	Westwood
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1962	1961