Editing Westwood, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1900|1112
 | 1910|1266
 | 1920|1358
 | 1930|2097
 | 1940|3376
 | 1950|5837
 | 1960|10354
 | 1970|12750
 | 1980|13212
 | 1990|12557
 | 2000|14117
 | 2010|14618
 | 2020|16266
 | 2023*|16244
 | footnote=* = population estimate. Source: [[United States Census]] records and [[Population Estimates Program]] data.<ref name="2010_Census">{{cite web |title=TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Census Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions within Massachusetts |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 13, 2011 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202839/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2000-2009_PopulationEstimates">{{cite web |title=Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1. Population Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 12, 2011 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212040628/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="1990_Census">{{cite web |title=1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts |id=1990 CP-1-23 |at=Table 76: General Characteristics of Persons, Households, and Families: 1990 |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=July 12, 2011 |date=December 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030313100124/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1980_Census">{{cite web |title=1980 Census of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts |id=PC80-1-A23 |at=Table 4. Populations of County Subdivisions: 1960 to 1980 |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=July 12, 2011 |date=December 1981 |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_maABC-01.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805234734/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_maABC-01.pdf |archive-date=August 5, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1950_Census">{{cite journal |title=1950 Census of Population |volume=1: Number of Inhabitants |at=Section 6, Pages 21-10 and 21-11, Massachusetts Table 6. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950 |publisher=Bureau of the Census |access-date=July 12, 2011 |year=1952 |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609073753/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1920_Census">{{cite web |title=1920 Census of Population |at=Number of Inhabitants, by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions. Pages 21-5 through 21-7. Massachusetts Table 2. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1920 |publisher=Bureau of the Census |access-date=July 12, 2011 |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810051002/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=November 10, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2020, there were 16,266 people and 5,424 households residing in the town with an average household size of 2.94. The population density was {{convert|1,478.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 79.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 11.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.4% of the population.

The population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 56.0% between the ages of 18 and 65, and 18.4% age 65 and over. Females were 51.6% of the population

The median household income was $171,071. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $75,396. About 2.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]].