Linden vs Westfield

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

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

Linden has the higher population (43,614 vs 30,760 in Westfield). Westfield has the higher median household income ($212,700 vs $91,036 in Linden). Westfield has the higher median home value ($930,500 vs $387,200 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Westfield
Population	43,614	30,760
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,036	$212,700
Median home value	$387,200	$930,500
Median gross rent	$1,677	$2,211
Housing units	16,142	11,093
Homeownership rate	61.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Westfield
Population	42,222 → 43,614 (+3.3%)	29,877 → 30,760 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$73,386 → $91,036 (+24.1%)	$170,798 → $212,700 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$281,800 → $387,200 (+37.4%)	$743,400 → $930,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,677 (+27.7%)	$1,608 → $2,211 (+37.5%)

Linden

Population

42,22243,614

Median household income

$73,386$91,036

Median home value

$281,800$387,200

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,677

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)

	Linden	Westfield
Under 5	5.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	76.5%
Black or African American	27.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Westfield
No high school diploma	14.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Westfield
Drove alone	69.9%	49.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	1.5%
Public transit	7.1%	12.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	33.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Westfield
1-unit, detached	46.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Westfield
Poverty rate	9.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1957	1954