Richwood vs Westville

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

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

Westville has the higher population (4,285 vs 3,453 in Richwood). Richwood has the higher median household income ($206,685 vs $78,333 in Westville). Richwood has the higher median home value ($566,000 vs $183,500 in Westville).

Population, income & housing

	Richwood	Westville
Population	3,453	4,285
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$206,685	$78,333
Median home value	$566,000	$183,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,096
Housing units	1,101	2,099
Homeownership rate	95.5%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richwood	Westville
Population	3,925 → 3,453 (-12.0%)	4,169 → 4,285 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$166,450 → $206,685 (+24.2%)	$51,983 → $78,333 (+50.7%)
Median home value	$385,300 → $566,000 (+46.9%)	$147,800 → $183,500 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,002 → $1,096 (+9.4%)

Richwood

Population

3,9253,453

Median household income

$166,450$206,685

Median home value

$385,300$566,000

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)

	Richwood	Westville
Under 5	3.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	18.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.4%
75 and over	3.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richwood	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	66.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richwood	Westville
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	16.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richwood	Westville
Drove alone	70.7%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richwood	Westville
1-unit, detached	95.4%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richwood	Westville
Poverty rate	4.2%	17.0%
Average household size	3.60	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	2000	1953