Rahway vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (30,760 vs 29,748 in Rahway). Westfield has the higher median household income ($212,700 vs $90,852 in Rahway). Westfield has the higher median home value ($930,500 vs $362,300 in Rahway).

Population, income & housing

	Rahway	Westfield
Population	29,748	30,760
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,852	$212,700
Median home value	$362,300	$930,500
Median gross rent	$1,764	$2,211
Housing units	12,811	11,093
Homeownership rate	53.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rahway	Westfield
Population	29,543 → 29,748 (+0.7%)	29,877 → 30,760 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$78,946 → $90,852 (+15.1%)	$170,798 → $212,700 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$272,700 → $362,300 (+32.9%)	$743,400 → $930,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,310 → $1,764 (+34.7%)	$1,608 → $2,211 (+37.5%)

Rahway

Population

29,54329,748

Median household income

$78,946$90,852

Median home value

$272,700$362,300

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,764

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)

	Rahway	Westfield
Under 5	7.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.9%
75 and over	7.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rahway	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	76.5%
Black or African American	30.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.8%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rahway	Westfield
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rahway	Westfield
Drove alone	60.5%	49.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	1.5%
Public transit	10.9%	12.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	33.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rahway	Westfield
1-unit, detached	45.3%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	24.1%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Rahway	Westfield
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1961	1954