Fredonia vs Westfield

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

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

Fredonia has the higher population (9,601 vs 2,937 in Westfield). Fredonia has the higher median household income ($47,694 vs $43,385 in Westfield). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $91,700 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Westfield
Population	9,601	2,937
Median age	34.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,694	$43,385
Median home value	$184,400	$91,700
Median gross rent	$866	$667
Housing units	4,358	1,490
Homeownership rate	56.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Westfield
Population	10,464 → 9,601 (-8.2%)	2,611 → 2,937 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $47,694 (-2.8%)	$41,053 → $43,385 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$130,700 → $184,400 (+41.1%)	$79,300 → $91,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $866 (+16.7%)	$671 → $667 (-0.6%)

Fredonia

Population

10,4649,601

Median household income

$49,071$47,694

Median home value

$130,700$184,400

Median gross rent

$742$866

Westfield

Population

2,6112,937

Median household income

$41,053$43,385

Median home value

$79,300$91,700

Median gross rent

$671$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Westfield
Under 5	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	30.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	15.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.9%
75 and over	9.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Westfield
No high school diploma	6.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Westfield
Drove alone	69.6%	81.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	2.6%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Westfield
1-unit, detached	53.7%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	8.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Westfield
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1951	1938