Westwood is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 14,117 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Westwood is the 131st largest community in Massachusetts.

Westwood is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.58% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Westwood is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Westwood who work in management occupations (15.69%), office and administrative support jobs (12.16%), and sales jobs (11.87%).

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

In addition, Westwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Westwood is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Westwood really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Westwood perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Westwood is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Westwood Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Westwood. 57.41% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Westwood in 2000 was $41,553, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,212 for a family of four. However, Westwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Westwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Westwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Westwood include Irish, Italian, English, German, Scottish, Polish, Greek, and Lebanese.

The most common language spoken in Westwood is English.