Wadsworth vs Westfield Center

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

Wadsworth and Westfield Center are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wadsworth has the higher population (24,302 vs 1,248 in Westfield Center). Westfield Center has the higher median household income ($107,143 vs $77,581 in Wadsworth). Westfield Center has the higher median home value ($331,300 vs $235,600 in Wadsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
Population	24,302	1,248
Median age	39.7 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,581	$107,143
Median home value	$235,600	$331,300
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,573
Housing units	10,568	512
Homeownership rate	67.1%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
Population	23,426 → 24,302 (+3.7%)	1,212 → 1,248 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$71,478 → $77,581 (+8.5%)	$85,625 → $107,143 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$171,200 → $235,600 (+37.6%)	$211,600 → $331,300 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,024 (+18.2%)	$469 → $1,573 (+235.4%)

Wadsworth

Population

23,42624,302

Median household income

$71,478$77,581

Median home value

$171,200$235,600

Median gross rent

$866$1,024

Westfield Center

Population

1,2121,248

Median household income

$85,625$107,143

Median home value

$211,600$331,300

Median gross rent

$469$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
Under 5	5.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	5.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.9%
75 and over	9.3%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	81.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
Drove alone	75.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
1-unit, detached	65.9%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Wadsworth	Westfield Center
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1978	1977