Westport vs Witherbee

A side-by-side comparison of Westport and Witherbee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westport has the higher population (250 vs 190 in Witherbee). Westport has the higher median household income ($48,214 vs $41,089 in Witherbee). Since 2019, Witherbee's population has grown faster (-25.8% vs -32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Westport	Witherbee
Population	250	190
Median age	61.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,214	$41,089
Median home value	$131,300	—
Median gross rent	$861	—
Housing units	358	133
Homeownership rate	79.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Westport	Witherbee
Population	368 → 250 (-32.1%)	256 → 190 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$53,250 → $48,214 (-9.5%)	$65,436 → $41,089 (-37.2%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $131,300 (-3.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$744 → $861 (+15.7%)	—

Westport

Population

368250

Median household income

$53,250$48,214

Median home value

$135,700$131,300

Median gross rent

$744$861

Witherbee

Population

256190

Median household income

$65,436$41,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Westport	Witherbee
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.0%	43.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	1.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	18.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	21.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	0.0%
75 and over	20.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Westport	Witherbee
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Westport	Witherbee
No high school diploma	12.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Westport	Witherbee
Drove alone	82.0%	37.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	63.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Westport	Witherbee
1-unit, detached	86.3%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Westport	Witherbee
Poverty rate	36.4%	6.8%
Average household size	1.30	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	44	—
Median year structure built	1938	1947