Elizabeth vs Westfield

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth and Westfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elizabeth has the higher population (135,887 vs 30,760 in Westfield). Westfield has the higher median household income ($212,700 vs $63,874 in Elizabeth). Westfield has the higher median home value ($930,500 vs $393,500 in Elizabeth).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Westfield
Population	135,887	30,760
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,874	$212,700
Median home value	$393,500	$930,500
Median gross rent	$1,463	$2,211
Housing units	48,940	11,093
Homeownership rate	25.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Westfield
Population	128,333 → 135,887 (+5.9%)	29,877 → 30,760 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$48,407 → $63,874 (+32.0%)	$170,798 → $212,700 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $393,500 (+39.2%)	$743,400 → $930,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,463 (+25.8%)	$1,608 → $2,211 (+37.5%)

Elizabeth

Population

128,333135,887

Median household income

$48,407$63,874

Median home value

$282,700$393,500

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,463

Westfield

Population

29,87730,760

Median household income

$170,798$212,700

Median home value

$743,400$930,500

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Westfield
Under 5	7.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.9%
75 and over	4.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	76.5%
Black or African American	15.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Westfield
No high school diploma	25.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Westfield
Drove alone	59.1%	49.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	1.5%
Public transit	11.5%	12.3%
Walked	4.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	33.9%
Other means	3.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Westfield
1-unit, detached	13.3%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	47.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	19.3%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Westfield
Poverty rate	15.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1955	1954