Beckett vs Westville

A side-by-side comparison of Beckett and Westville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beckett has the higher population (5,072 vs 4,285 in Westville). Beckett has the higher median household income ($119,063 vs $78,333 in Westville). Beckett has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $183,500 in Westville).

Population, income & housing

	Beckett	Westville
Population	5,072	4,285
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,063	$78,333
Median home value	$279,300	$183,500
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,096
Housing units	1,811	2,099
Homeownership rate	96.0%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckett	Westville
Population	4,947 → 5,072 (+2.5%)	4,169 → 4,285 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$129,429 → $119,063 (-8.0%)	$51,983 → $78,333 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $279,300 (+19.9%)	$147,800 → $183,500 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,839 (+27.0%)	$1,002 → $1,096 (+9.4%)

Beckett

Population

4,9475,072

Median household income

$129,429$119,063

Median home value

$232,900$279,300

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,839

Westville

Population

4,1694,285

Median household income

$51,983$78,333

Median home value

$147,800$183,500

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckett	Westville
Under 5	5.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.4%
75 and over	2.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckett	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	66.8%
Black or African American	9.5%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckett	Westville
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckett	Westville
Drove alone	84.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	12.6%
Public transit	1.2%	6.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckett	Westville
1-unit, detached	82.8%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beckett	Westville
Poverty rate	6.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1983	1953