Collingswood vs Westmont

A side-by-side comparison of Collingswood and Westmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Collingswood has the higher population (14,163 vs 13,870 in Westmont). Westmont has the higher median household income ($111,589 vs $83,917 in Collingswood). Westmont has the higher median home value ($374,300 vs $346,300 in Collingswood).

Population, income & housing

	Collingswood	Westmont
Population	14,163	13,870
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,917	$111,589
Median home value	$346,300	$374,300
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,728
Housing units	7,009	6,826
Homeownership rate	54.4%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collingswood	Westmont
Population	13,912 → 14,163 (+1.8%)	13,104 → 13,870 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$73,594 → $83,917 (+14.0%)	$97,141 → $111,589 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $346,300 (+32.7%)	$283,600 → $374,300 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,151 → $1,420 (+23.4%)	$1,338 → $1,728 (+29.1%)

Collingswood

Population

13,91214,163

Median household income

$73,594$83,917

Median home value

$260,900$346,300

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,420

Westmont

Population

13,10413,870

Median household income

$97,141$111,589

Median home value

$283,600$374,300

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collingswood	Westmont
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.1%
75 and over	6.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collingswood	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	10.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collingswood	Westmont
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collingswood	Westmont
Drove alone	53.6%	62.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	2.6%
Public transit	11.7%	7.5%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.9%	25.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collingswood	Westmont
1-unit, detached	38.0%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	23.8%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collingswood	Westmont
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1943	1955