Wellsboro vs Westfield

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

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

Wellsboro has the higher population (3,445 vs 1,241 in Westfield). Wellsboro has the higher median household income ($64,297 vs $46,875 in Westfield). Wellsboro has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $86,000 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Wellsboro	Westfield
Population	3,445	1,241
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,297	$46,875
Median home value	$195,400	$86,000
Median gross rent	$901	$610
Housing units	1,680	495
Homeownership rate	61.7%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wellsboro	Westfield
Population	3,256 → 3,445 (+5.8%)	1,333 → 1,241 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $64,297 (+37.2%)	$34,600 → $46,875 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $195,400 (+24.1%)	$85,700 → $86,000 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $901 (+27.8%)	$510 → $610 (+19.6%)

Wellsboro

Population

3,2563,445

Median household income

$46,875$64,297

Median home value

$157,500$195,400

Median gross rent

$705$901

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)

	Wellsboro	Westfield
Under 5	3.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.5%
75 and over	8.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wellsboro	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wellsboro	Westfield
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wellsboro	Westfield
Drove alone	59.3%	90.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	16.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	1.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wellsboro	Westfield
1-unit, detached	68.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Wellsboro	Westfield
Poverty rate	10.1%	23.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1942	1938