Lakewood vs Westfield

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (2,975 vs 2,937 in Westfield). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $43,385 in Westfield). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $91,700 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Westfield
Population	2,975	2,937
Median age	44.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,962	$43,385
Median home value	$146,300	$91,700
Median gross rent	$1,132	$667
Housing units	1,610	1,490
Homeownership rate	65.1%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Westfield
Population	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)	2,611 → 2,937 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)	$41,053 → $43,385 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)	$79,300 → $91,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)	$671 → $667 (-0.6%)

Lakewood

Population

2,8472,975

Median household income

$53,882$70,962

Median home value

$113,700$146,300

Median gross rent

$735$1,132

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)

	Lakewood	Westfield
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	1.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	15.9%
75 and over	7.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Westfield
No high school diploma	5.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	18.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Westfield
Drove alone	84.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Westfield
1-unit, detached	70.2%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Westfield
Poverty rate	10.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1957	1938