Average household size:
| This city: |  2.8 people | | Iowa: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 93.5% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Westwood compared to Iowa state average:
- Median household income significantly above state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- House age below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Henry County Iowa:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (49%)
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Religion statistics for Westwood
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 48.36%
| Here | | 48.4% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Charismatic Churches Independent | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Mennonite Church USA |
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| Adherents | 25.1% | 13.9% | 10.2% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
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| Congregations | 23.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 7.9% | 7.9% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially Mormon Church) | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Other |
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| Adherents | 5.7% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 15.8% |
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| Congregations | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 44.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $655 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $27 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $682 |
Westwood government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $10,000
Sewerage: $4,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $20,000
Water Utilities: $19,000
General - Other: $13,000
Solid Waste Management: $10,000
Financial Administration: $3,000
Sewerage: $2,000
Fire Protection: $1,000
Health Services - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $4,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $74,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $61,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $13,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $38,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $71,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $19,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $10,000
General Support: $1,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $8,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $3,000
6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,493 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.04% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,324 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.85% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Westwood:
- KILJ (1130 AM; daytime; 0 kW; MOUNT PLEASANT, IA; Owner: KILJ, INC.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WSUI (910 AM; 5 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA)
- KCJJ (1630 AM; 10 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: RIVER CITY RADIO, INC.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Westwood:
- KILJ-FM (105.5 FM; MOUNT PLEASANT, IA; Owner: KILJ, INC.)
- KKNL (97.3 FM; NEW LONDON, IA; Owner: PRITCHARD BROADCASTING CO.)
- KAYP (89.9 FM; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KOKX-FM (95.3 FM; KEOKUK, IA; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- KRNQ (96.3 FM; KEOKUK, IA; Owner: DAVID M. LISTER)
- KDMG (103.1 FM; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: PRITCHARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KIIK-FM (95.9 FM; FAIRFIELD, IA; Owner: FAIRFIELD MEIDA GROUP, INC.)
- KBKB-FM (101.7 FM; FORT MADISON, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KGRS (107.3 FM; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KCII-FM (106.1 FM; WASHINGTON, IA; Owner: HOME BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Westwood:
- KYOU-TV (Channel 15; OTTUMWA, IA; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KGWB-TV (Channel 26; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: BURLINGTON TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
- KTVO (Channel 3; KIRKSVILLE, MO; Owner: KTVO LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
- K38AB (Channel 38; FORT MADISON, ETC., IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- K54AF (Channel 54; KEOSAUQUA, ETC., IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
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