Echelon vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (13,870 vs 13,577 in Echelon). Westmont has the higher median household income ($111,589 vs $81,808 in Echelon). Westmont has the higher median home value ($374,300 vs $288,000 in Echelon).

Population, income & housing

	Echelon	Westmont
Population	13,577	13,870
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,808	$111,589
Median home value	$288,000	$374,300
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,728
Housing units	6,240	6,826
Homeownership rate	37.4%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echelon	Westmont
Population	11,957 → 13,577 (+13.5%)	13,104 → 13,870 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$73,671 → $81,808 (+11.0%)	$97,141 → $111,589 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $288,000 (+28.8%)	$283,600 → $374,300 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $1,697 (+23.8%)	$1,338 → $1,728 (+29.1%)

Echelon

Population

11,95713,577

Median household income

$73,671$81,808

Median home value

$223,600$288,000

Median gross rent

$1,371$1,697

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)

	Echelon	Westmont
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.1%
75 and over	5.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echelon	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	11.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echelon	Westmont
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echelon	Westmont
Drove alone	64.0%	62.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.6%
Public transit	7.3%	7.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.5%	25.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echelon	Westmont
1-unit, detached	26.4%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	32.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	25.7%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Echelon	Westmont
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1978	1955