Oakland vs Westwood

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (1,732 vs 1,590 in Westwood). Oakland has the higher median household income ($67,557 vs $43,864 in Westwood). Oakland has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $93,300 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Westwood
Population	1,732	1,590
Median age	52.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$43,864
Median home value	$96,700	$93,300
Median gross rent	$764	$669
Housing units	829	967
Homeownership rate	85.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Westwood
Population	1,422 → 1,732 (+21.8%)	1,609 → 1,590 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$49,896 → $67,557 (+35.4%)	$42,875 → $43,864 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $96,700 (+10.5%)	$86,500 → $93,300 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $764 (+10.1%)	$607 → $669 (+10.2%)

Oakland

Population

1,4221,732

Median household income

$49,896$67,557

Median home value

$87,500$96,700

Median gross rent

$694$764

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)

	Oakland	Westwood
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	5.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	18.8%	17.8%
75 and over	7.9%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Westwood
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	48.2%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Westwood
Drove alone	82.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Westwood
1-unit, detached	86.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Westwood
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.19	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1955	1955