Oak Valley vs Westville

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

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

Oak Valley has the higher population (4,374 vs 4,285 in Westville). Oak Valley has the higher median household income ($90,563 vs $78,333 in Westville). Oak Valley has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $183,500 in Westville).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Valley	Westville
Population	4,374	4,285
Median age	32.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,563	$78,333
Median home value	$226,000	$183,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,096
Housing units	1,291	2,099
Homeownership rate	86.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Valley	Westville
Population	3,345 → 4,374 (+30.8%)	4,169 → 4,285 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$85,313 → $90,563 (+6.2%)	$51,983 → $78,333 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $226,000 (+33.6%)	$147,800 → $183,500 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,002 → $1,096 (+9.4%)

Oak Valley

Population

3,3454,374

Median household income

$85,313$90,563

Median home value

$169,100$226,000

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)

	Oak Valley	Westville
Under 5	9.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Valley	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	66.8%
Black or African American	15.9%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Valley	Westville
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	43.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Valley	Westville
Drove alone	81.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.8%	6.9%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	8.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Valley	Westville
1-unit, detached	94.0%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	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

	Oak Valley	Westville
Poverty rate	16.1%	17.0%
Average household size	3.48	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1961	1953