Westwood, NJ
Census Place
Add ComparisonN/A
None of the households in Westwood, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Westwood, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 28.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Westwood, NJ was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Westwood, NJ employs 6.66k people. The largest industries in Westwood, NJ are Educational Services (955 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (947 people), and Retail Trade (730 people), and the highest paying industries are Wholesale Trade ($240,431), Finance & Insurance ($193,167), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($168,915).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Westwood, NJ, are Management Occupations (1,223 people), Sales & Related Occupations (867 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (757 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Westwood, NJ.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New Jersey (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Westwood, NJ, are Educational Services (955 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (947 people), and Retail Trade (730 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Westwood, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Westwood, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Wholesale Trade ($241,375), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($194,000), and Information ($118,833).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($119,531), Public Administration ($116,211), and Manufacturing ($105,530).
As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New Jersey.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, InfinityM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while InfinityM% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in false were N/A.
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Westwood, NJ have an average commute time of 28.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Westwood, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
The following map shows all of the places in Westwood, NJ colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Westwood, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.
In 2022, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.489 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.278% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in New Jersey across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 61.2% of workers in Westwood, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.6%) and those who carpooled to work (8.81%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Westwood, NJ have a longer commute time (28.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 4.53% of the workforce in Westwood, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Westwood, NJ compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Westwood, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Westwood, NJ have 2 cars.
4.34% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Westwood, NJ (483 out of 11.1k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Westwood, NJ is White, followed by Hispanic and Asian.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Westwood, NJ has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Westwood, NJ changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
