Ferndale vs Westwood

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Westwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Ferndale and Westwood are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westwood has the higher population (1,590 vs 1,537 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($56,951 vs $43,864 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $81,600 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Westwood
Population	1,537	1,590
Median age	42.8 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,951	$43,864
Median home value	$81,600	$93,300
Median gross rent	$836	$669
Housing units	768	967
Homeownership rate	66.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Westwood
Population	1,565 → 1,537 (-1.8%)	1,609 → 1,590 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$42,647 → $56,951 (+33.5%)	$42,875 → $43,864 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $81,600 (+23.3%)	$86,500 → $93,300 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $836 (+28.2%)	$607 → $669 (+10.2%)

Ferndale

Population

1,5651,537

Median household income

$42,647$56,951

Median home value

$66,200$81,600

Median gross rent

$652$836

Westwood

Population

1,6091,590

Median household income

$42,875$43,864

Median home value

$86,500$93,300

Median gross rent

$607$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Westwood
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	5.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	17.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	17.8%
75 and over	5.4%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	96.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Westwood
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	45.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Westwood
Drove alone	77.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Westwood
1-unit, detached	72.7%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Westwood
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.29	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1947	1955