Silver Creek vs Westfield

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

Silver Creek 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 2,619 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $43,385 in Westfield). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $91,700 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Creek	Westfield
Population	2,619	2,937
Median age	37.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$43,385
Median home value	$119,500	$91,700
Median gross rent	$918	$667
Housing units	1,248	1,490
Homeownership rate	67.3%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Creek	Westfield
Population	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)	2,611 → 2,937 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)	$41,053 → $43,385 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)	$79,300 → $91,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)	$671 → $667 (-0.6%)

Silver Creek

Population

2,4262,619

Median household income

$59,766$66,250

Median home value

$85,600$119,500

Median gross rent

$867$918

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)

	Silver Creek	Westfield
Under 5	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	20.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	15.9%
75 and over	4.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Creek	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Creek	Westfield
No high school diploma	8.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Creek	Westfield
Drove alone	69.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	2.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Creek	Westfield
1-unit, detached	64.1%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Silver Creek	Westfield
Poverty rate	17.2%	19.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938