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Westwood borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Westwood borough is a Census borough of 11,283 people across 2.26 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $165,781, 62.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $14.4 m.
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Westwood
What Westwood is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.26 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,996
- County holding the largest share of its areaBergen County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westwood
How many people live in Westwood
- Population11,283
- Median age41.4
- Population under 182,117
- Share under 1818.8 percent
- Population 65 and over2,146
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households4,049
- Family households3,116
- Share of households that are families77.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westwood
Income and work in Westwood
- Median household income$165,781
- Per capita income$65,689
- Civilian labor force6,986
- Employed6,809
- Unemployed177 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over7,994
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westwood
Housing in Westwood
- Housing units4,192
- Occupied units4,049
- Vacant units143 plus or minus 144
- Vacancy rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied2,547
- Renter occupied1,502
- Ownership rate62.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$606,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,458
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent
- Single family units2,728
- Share single family65.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,464 plus or minus 318
- Share in buildings of two or more34.9 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westwood
How Westwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,461
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,927 plus or minus 491
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.3 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,280
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.8 percent
- Drove alone55.8 percent
- Carpooled8.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport5.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Walked6.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home19.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westwood
SBA loans in Westwood (7(a))
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$14,369,000
- Average approval$478,967
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$888,700
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported341
- Jobs per approval11.4
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full4
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.7 percent
- Share to franchises26.7 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS21
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Westwood
SBA loans in Westwood (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,789,000
- Average approval$964,833
- Median approval$1,301,000
- Largest approval$1,396,000
- Jobs supported59
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bergen County, not Westwood
Bergen County context, not Westwood figures
These are Bergen County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Westwood measurements.
- Establishments in Bergen County31,818
- Employment at those establishments, Bergen County441,870
- Covered employment, Bergen County438,240
- Average annual pay, Bergen County$80,639
- Average weekly wage, Bergen County$1,551
- Housing units permitted, Bergen County3,329
- Of those, single family, Bergen County1,450
- County product, 2024, Bergen County$105,804,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bergen County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bergen County$129,007
Every figure in this section is published for Bergen County as a whole and is not a measurement of Westwood. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Westwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Westwood, New Jersey?
11,283, in 4,049 households. Westwood borough covers 2.26 square miles of land, which is 4,996 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Westwood in?
Bergen County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Westwood?
$165,781. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $606,400. Median gross rent is $2,458 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Westwood businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $14.4 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $5.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Westwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Westwood borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Westwood. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Westwood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bergen County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Westwood.
Is zoning published for Westwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.