Wallington vs Westwood

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

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

Wallington has the higher population (11,825 vs 11,221 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($169,026 vs $82,422 in Wallington). Westwood has the higher median home value ($587,700 vs $493,700 in Wallington).

Population, income & housing

	Wallington	Westwood
Population	11,825	11,221
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,422	$169,026
Median home value	$493,700	$587,700
Median gross rent	$1,568	$2,351
Housing units	5,153	4,444
Homeownership rate	38.7%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallington	Westwood
Population	11,540 → 11,825 (+2.5%)	11,115 → 11,221 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$68,845 → $82,422 (+19.7%)	$110,473 → $169,026 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$375,800 → $493,700 (+31.4%)	$463,500 → $587,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,568 (+26.8%)	$1,757 → $2,351 (+33.8%)

Wallington

Population

11,54011,825

Median household income

$68,845$82,422

Median home value

$375,800$493,700

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,568

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)

	Wallington	Westwood
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallington	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallington	Westwood
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallington	Westwood
Drove alone	76.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.8%
Public transit	6.9%	4.8%
Walked	2.5%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	17.6%
Other means	3.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallington	Westwood
1-unit, detached	22.9%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	45.5%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	9.1%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Wallington	Westwood
Poverty rate	12.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1960	1961