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Place dossier plate
SheetPA-WESTWOOD-CDP-CHESTER-COUNTY-PA · Westwood CDP (Chester County), PA 1,432 pop · income 61st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Westwood CDP (Chester County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Westwood CDP (Chester County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Banks Springs · lowest
22,240
Banks Springs · lowest
22,240 median HH income
15.3% of the leader · rank #1
Fort Lauderda… · near
79,935
Fort Lauderda… · near
79,935 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #2
Visalia · near
79,952
Visalia · near
79,952 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #3
Westwood CDP… · this city
79,953
Westwood CDP… · this city
79,953 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #4
Holden · near
79,960
Holden · near
79,960 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #5
Washington Te… · near
79,971
Washington Te… · near
79,971 median HH income
55.1% of the leader · rank #6
Lily Lake · highest
145,192
Lily Lake · highest
145,192 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Westwood CDP (Chester County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,432.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Westwood CDP (Chester County) places in the 61st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
61st
percentile, household income
54th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Westwood CDP (Chester County), PA
Westwood CDP (Chester County) is a small town in Pennsylvania, home to 1,432 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Westwood CDP (Chester County) households earn a median of $79,953 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 35.1 years. Educational attainment runs 27.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 92.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Pennsylvania scores 97.6 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,225 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Westwood CDP (Chester County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Westwood CDP (Chester County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Westwood CDP (Chester County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Westwood CDP (Chester County)?
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Fairchance (1,429 residents, $38,427 income); Montrose (1,427 residents, $56,484 income); Hometown (1,426 residents, $88,333 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Georgiana, AL (1,432 residents); Lily Lake, IL (1,432 residents); Banks Springs, LA (1,432 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
B-
City profile score · Westwood CDP (Chester County), PA
66/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$79,953
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
27.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Westwood CDP (Chester County) compare to other US cities?
Where Westwood CDP (Chester County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income61% higher than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Westwood CDP (Chester County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Westwood CDP (Chester County) near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Westwood CDP (Chester County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Westwood CDP (Chester County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#551 of 1,765
69th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,474 of 1,856
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#635 of 1,861
66th percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
61st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$79,953Westwood CDP (Chester County), PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Westwood CDP (Chester County), PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Westwood CDP (Chester County), PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)27.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)92.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,432
Median Income
$79,953
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
35.1
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
92.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
27.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
84.5%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
14.0%
Based on 960 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Westwood CDP (Chester County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Westwood CDP (Chester County) is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Westwood CDP (Chester County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Westwood CDP (Chester County) compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.