Westfield, New Jersey


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Westfield
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Population 2002:30,028
Population 2000:29,644
Area codes:908
Population growth:+384 (+1.30%)
Elevation:126 feet
Foreign born:9.1% (4.3% Europe, 3.0% Asia, 1.3% Latin America)
Land area:6.7 square miles
County:Union
Industries:Educational,health and social services (22.5%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (17.9%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (15.0%), Manufacturing (10.7%).
Races
White Non-Hispanic:87.9%
Black:3.9%
Hispanic:2.8%
Chinese:1.6%
Two or more races:1.3%
Asian Indian:0.8%
Korean:0.8%
Other race:0.6%
Marital Status
Now married:67.5%
Never married:20.5%
Widowed:6.5%
Divorced:4.8%
Separated:0.7%
Median
House value:$346,000
Household income:$98,390
Resident age:38.6 years
Westfield Compared to New Jersey State Average
House age:much above
Number of college students:below
Median house value:much above
Number of rooms per house:above
Hispanic race population percentage:above
Length of stay since moving in:above
Black race population percentage:much above
Unemployed percentage:below
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:much above
Foreign-born population percentage:much above
Renting percentage:below
Median household income:much above
Education
High school or higher:95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher:62.5%
Graduate or professional degree:29.8%
Unemployed:2.2%
Crime Statistics
2002 larceny counts:263 (869.0 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:60 (198.3 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:55.3 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 auto thefts:7 (23.1 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:2 (6.6 per 100,000)
2002 rape:1 (3.3 per 100,000)
2002 robbery:1 (3.3 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
Irish:22.9%
Italian:20.1%
German:17.1%
English:11.2%
Polish:8.5%
Russian:4.8%
 

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Westfield, New Jersey ZIP Codes: 07090