Elkland vs Westfield

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

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

Elkland has the higher population (1,571 vs 1,241 in Westfield). Elkland has the higher median household income ($61,731 vs $46,875 in Westfield). Elkland has the higher median home value ($133,000 vs $86,000 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Elkland	Westfield
Population	1,571	1,241
Median age	45.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,731	$46,875
Median home value	$133,000	$86,000
Median gross rent	$859	$610
Housing units	802	495
Homeownership rate	72.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkland	Westfield
Population	1,831 → 1,571 (-14.2%)	1,333 → 1,241 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $61,731 (+45.2%)	$34,600 → $46,875 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $133,000 (+64.4%)	$85,700 → $86,000 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $859 (+22.0%)	$510 → $610 (+19.6%)

Elkland

Population

1,8311,571

Median household income

$42,500$61,731

Median home value

$80,900$133,000

Median gross rent

$704$859

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)

	Elkland	Westfield
Under 5	7.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.5%
75 and over	9.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkland	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkland	Westfield
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	47.9%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkland	Westfield
Drove alone	82.0%	90.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkland	Westfield
1-unit, detached	67.6%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.6%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Elkland	Westfield
Poverty rate	13.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1950	1938