Jamestown West vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (2,937 vs 2,398 in Jamestown West). Jamestown West has the higher median household income ($64,034 vs $43,385 in Westfield). Jamestown West has the higher median home value ($145,400 vs $91,700 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown West	Westfield
Population	2,398	2,937
Median age	55.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,034	$43,385
Median home value	$145,400	$91,700
Median gross rent	$880	$667
Housing units	1,222	1,490
Homeownership rate	67.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown West	Westfield
Population	2,542 → 2,398 (-5.7%)	2,611 → 2,937 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$65,977 → $64,034 (-2.9%)	$41,053 → $43,385 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $145,400 (+45.4%)	$79,300 → $91,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $880 (+11.5%)	$671 → $667 (-0.6%)

Jamestown West

Population

2,5422,398

Median household income

$65,977$64,034

Median home value

$100,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$789$880

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)

	Jamestown West	Westfield
Under 5	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	21.0%	15.9%
75 and over	11.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown West	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown West	Westfield
No high school diploma	5.3%	15.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown West	Westfield
Drove alone	93.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown West	Westfield
1-unit, detached	75.0%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown West	Westfield
Poverty rate	5.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1964	1938