WestwoodKY
A town of 4,473.
Is Westwood a good place to live?
Westwood gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $124K for a typical one, or 2.1 years of the Huntington metro’s $60K median household income. It grades C overall, 95th of 138 graded towns in Kentucky. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools rank behind 75% of the state's. Only 5 of the 119 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower value of a typical home than Westwood. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
What makes Westwood stand out
Where Westwood beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Westwood for work
Where Westwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Westwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Westwood is from typical.
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Moving to Westwood: who provides what
Westwood is unincorporated, so Boyd County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Westwood.
Westwood sends many workers across the state line to Huntington, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Kentucky.
For health, Westwood earns a D
33% of adults get no exercise outside work in Westwood. Among adults in the town, 16% have diabetes and 43% have high blood pressure.
| Westwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Westwood | KY |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7% | 5.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10.3% | 8.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.5% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Westwood earns a C
Its two schools are below. 2 public schools serve Westwood, with 528 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 271 | B− |
| Fairview High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 257 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Homes in Westwood are worth about $125K, by Zillow’s estimate
At 2.1 years of the Huntington metro’s $60K median household income, the typical home (about $125K) costs less against local pay than in 96% of Kentucky towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The typical value, about $125K, is 22% below its September 2022 peak.
72% of households own their home in Westwood, above the Kentucky town median (59%) and near the median of U.S. towns (73%). Its typical rent stands at $853 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values slipped 2.7%.
| Westwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $853 a month | $937 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 59% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Westwood’s workers commute out
33% of working residents cross a state line to work, Huntington among the top destinations. Jobs based here fell from 1,006 in 2013 to 747.
Half commute less than 6 miles. Employers in Westwood shed 259 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 747. Also worth knowing: for most workers, Westwood is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. In Westwood, one in ten residents live below the poverty line.
| Westwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.6% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Westwood
January nights average 24.1°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 81% of Kentucky places with climate records; July afternoons average 87.1°.
About 6 inches of snow falls in a winter. The town’s July high is 87°F, close to Kentucky’s towns (87°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F).
| Westwood | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 87°F | 87°F | 85°F |
| January low | 24°F | 25°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Westwood faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, Westwood has seen 88 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 63% come from inland flooding and 27% from heat waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Camden Park and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Westwood. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Theme parkCamden Park
18 mi National forestWayne National Forest
15 mi MuseumHuntington Museum of Art
14 mi MuseumHeritage Farm Museum and Village13 mi MuseumMuseum of Radio and TechnologyPhoto credits
Camden Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Wayne National Forest: Forest Service, USDA, Public domain · Huntington Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Heritage Farm Museum and Village: Zeo1989, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Westwood
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Westwood
About 6 of every 100 Westwood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
About Westwood
Census-designated place in Kentucky, United States
Westwood is a census-designated place in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,387 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Ashland, the two areas are closely affiliated, sharing a ZIP code and bus system. Westwood is located on a flat to hilly elevation just west of the Ohio River. The flat hilltop is unusual to eastern Kentucky and was created by the preglacial Teays River which existed in ancient times and flowed in the opposite direction of the Ohio River. Westwood is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
Westwood’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Westwood.
Westwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Westwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Westwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Westwood, KY a good place to live?
Westwood grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #95 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Westwood, KY expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.