About Westmoreland

Westmoreland is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,404 people and just one neighborhood, Westmoreland is the 169th largest community in Kansas. Westmoreland has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Westmoreland is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Westmoreland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Westmoreland who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.47%), teaching (8.93%), and farm management (7.61%).

Also of interest is that Westmoreland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, many people in Westmoreland have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

A relatively large number of people in Westmoreland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Westmoreland is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Westmoreland, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.72% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Westmoreland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Westmoreland Information and Demographics

The education level of Westmoreland citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 17.15% of adults in Westmoreland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Westmoreland in 2000 was $17,117, which is middle income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,468 for a family of four.

The people who call Westmoreland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Westmoreland is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Westmoreland include German, English, Irish, European, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Westmoreland is English.