Summit vs Westfield

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

Summit 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 22,512 in Summit). Westfield has the higher median household income ($212,700 vs $199,107 in Summit). Summit has the higher median home value ($969,900 vs $930,500 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Summit	Westfield
Population	22,512	30,760
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$199,107	$212,700
Median home value	$969,900	$930,500
Median gross rent	$2,308	$2,211
Housing units	8,603	11,093
Homeownership rate	71.8%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summit	Westfield
Population	21,913 → 22,512 (+2.7%)	29,877 → 30,760 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$157,835 → $199,107 (+26.1%)	$170,798 → $212,700 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$890,100 → $969,900 (+9.0%)	$743,400 → $930,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,880 → $2,308 (+22.8%)	$1,608 → $2,211 (+37.5%)

Summit

Population

21,91322,512

Median household income

$157,835$199,107

Median home value

$890,100$969,900

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,308

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)

	Summit	Westfield
Under 5	5.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.9%
75 and over	5.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summit	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	76.5%
Black or African American	7.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	8.0%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summit	Westfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.6%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.9%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summit	Westfield
Drove alone	47.1%	49.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	1.5%
Public transit	18.5%	12.3%
Walked	5.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	33.9%
Other means	4.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summit	Westfield
1-unit, detached	66.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Summit	Westfield
Poverty rate	3.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1953	1954