Housing in Westwood at a glance
- Population
- 17,771
- Housing units
- about 5,149
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $401,000Denver: $616,000 (-35%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,600 a monthDenver: $1,831 (-13%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 42.1%Denver: 48.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 66.4%
- Median year built
- 1959
At $401,000, Westwood has the lowest value among the ten Denver sectors in the sample, 35% under the $616,000 city figure. Rent of $1,600 is also lower than the city's, by 13%, but ranks 9th rather than last. Owner households number 42.1% of the total, 7th highest, which is 6.7 points under the Denver share. Homes here are old: 66.4% were built before 1980, and the middle of the stock dates from 1959. Both Virginia Village at $645,000 and Five Points at $640,000 stand well above it, and Capitol Hill is higher by a smaller margin at $440,000, with an even older share of pre-1980 homes. The sector is on the western side of Denver, outside the centre of population, and the lowest value in the ranking belongs to it.
Questions about Westwood
What is the median home value in Westwood, Denver?
$401,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $616,000 for Denver as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Westwood?
$1,600 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,831 in Denver (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Westwood own or rent?
Most rent: 42.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 48.8% in Denver (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 4 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: City and County of Denver GIS, Statistical Neighborhoods (consulted 2026-11-02).
Westwood is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 78 statistical neighborhoods) of Denver: population 17,771 (American Community Survey Nbrhd (2017-2021), City and County of Denver open data (TTL_POPULATION_ALL)).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Denver as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Westwood
The closest sectors of Denver, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Westwood. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Westwood? Ask for your spot.