Blossburg vs Westfield

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

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

Blossburg has the higher population (1,763 vs 1,241 in Westfield). Blossburg has the higher median household income ($66,962 vs $46,875 in Westfield). Blossburg has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $86,000 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Blossburg	Westfield
Population	1,763	1,241
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,962	$46,875
Median home value	$148,000	$86,000
Median gross rent	$972	$610
Housing units	767	495
Homeownership rate	68.6%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blossburg	Westfield
Population	2,114 → 1,763 (-16.6%)	1,333 → 1,241 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $66,962 (+16.0%)	$34,600 → $46,875 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $148,000 (+25.2%)	$85,700 → $86,000 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $972 (+50.5%)	$510 → $610 (+19.6%)

Blossburg

Population

2,1141,763

Median household income

$57,750$66,962

Median home value

$118,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$646$972

Westfield

Population

1,3331,241

Median household income

$34,600$46,875

Median home value

$85,700$86,000

Median gross rent

$510$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blossburg	Westfield
Under 5	3.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.5%
75 and over	7.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blossburg	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blossburg	Westfield
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blossburg	Westfield
Drove alone	87.9%	90.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blossburg	Westfield
1-unit, detached	72.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Blossburg	Westfield
Poverty rate	11.5%	23.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938