WestwoodIN
Today 584 people live in this town, first founded in 1923.
Is Westwood a good place to live?
Westwood’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 594 Indiana towns we compare, none has a higher home-ownership rate than Westwood. Westwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
584 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Westwood.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Westwood’s workers commute out
The top destinations are New Castle (27%), Henry Township (7%) and Indianapolis (7%). Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Westwood, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 25 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Westwood: inland flooding
Compared with nearly three fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Westwood is lower. FEMA puts 55% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 28% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 1.6% of Westwood
Trails total 0.4 miles in 1 park or preserve. Westwood’s concentration of trails is recorded as 0.7 miles per square mile. Walkers locally have a park or preserve of 9 acres.
| Westwood | Typical Indiana town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Westwood Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Westwood
Conner Prairie and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Westwood. Close and well known come first.
33 mi MuseumConner Prairie
40 mi MuseumThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis1.0M visitors a year
28 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center
39 mi Stadium & arenaCorteva Coliseum
27 mi MuseumLevi Coffin House
33 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: HstryQT, CC BY 3.0 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Corteva Coliseum: Mberkery1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Levi Coffin House: Nyttend, Public domain · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Westwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Westwood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Westwood for work
Where Westwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Westwood; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Westwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Westwood
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Westwood is an unincorporated community in Henry Township, Henry County, Indiana. Westwood was founded in 1923.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 1,060 ft
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