07066 — Westfield, New Jersey

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 07066. Its median household income runs 43% below Westfield as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

69out of 100
Area Score
Top 14% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 15 sources
OpportunityTop 2% of 3,116 ZIP areas measured86
SchoolsTop 23% of 3,047 ZIP areas measured71
Growth1,992nd of 3,124 ZIP areas measured43
Housing affordabilityTop 34% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured73
ClimateTop 49% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured71
Physical resilience1,868th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured49
AccessTop 15% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured99
Economic stabilityTop 1% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured90
The quick read

07066 ranks in the top 2% of ZIP areas measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.4% and median household income of $133,504. The unemployment rate is published for Westfield, NJ, which contains 07066, rather than for 07066 alone.

In the public schools here, 48% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 12.6 students for every teacher.

Rent takes 25% of renter income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 4.1 times what its owners earn.

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At a glance

Population
15,622
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$133,504
Top 6% nationally
Density
3,569/sq mi
4.4 sq mi of land
Median age
42.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Westfield
New Jersey
Nearest major airport
EWR
9 mi · Newark Liberty Intl
Median home value
$609,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Westfield, NJ, which contains 07066, is 3.4%, lower than in 84% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Westfield, NJ, which contains 07066, grew 1.8% over the past year, to 14,892 employed residents.

47% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 85% of measured US ZIP areas.

Median household income of $133,504 is higher than in 94% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsUnion County, NJ’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$96,52383rd percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftUnion County, NJ’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$89,52683rd percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$14,6532024 ACS 5-Year$133,504Top 6%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,5792024 ACS 5-Year$57,858Top 12%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year2.5%Top 9%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.1 min2024 ACS 5-Year30.8 minBottom 34%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year47.1%Top 15%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year72.1%36th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentWestfield, NJ’s figureJuly 202614,892Bottom 10%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Westfield, NJ’s figureJuly 2026+2.3%Top 20%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Westfield, NJ’s figureJuly 2026+1.8%Top 11%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceWestfield, NJ’s figureJuly 202615,41910th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year89.3%Top 9%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$86,310Top 10%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Median annual wageNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$61,430Top 12%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year2.8%90th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Westfield, NJ’s figureJuly 2026−1.1%Top 9%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateWestfield, NJ’s figureJuly 20263.4%Top 16%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year17.7%79th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

2021202220232024134k114k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $133,504 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides644,700$39,680
Retail Salespersons202,080$38,280
Registered Nurses197,740$119,720
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners183,030$42,840
General and Operations Managers177,850$157,000
Cashiers173,830$35,950

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Westfield, NJ, the city containing this ZIP code.

48% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 66% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 12.6 students for every full-time teacher across 4 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
5
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
12.6
across 4 of them
Math proficiency
47.7%
Top 34% in New Jersey
Reading proficiency
65.6%
Top 32% in New Jersey
All 5 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Arthur L. Johnson High SchoolClark Township Public School District78512.722%55%
Frank K. HehnlyClark Township Public School District54315.163%64%
Carl H. Kumpf SchoolClark Township Public School District52811.555%76%
Valley Road SchoolClark Township Public School District39011.568%75%
Clark Preschool AnnexClark Township Public School District22———

8.5% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against New Jersey’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 13% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 112.6, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division is up 54% over five years, and up 6.3% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $2,205, some 27% above the $1,743 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $2,205 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $88,200 a year, about 66% of the median household income here of $133,504.

The typical renter household here spends 25% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,743 a month.

A median home at $609,600 costs 4.1 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $149,530, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Cost of living
112.6

Prices here run about 13% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
24.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.1×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$2,205
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,743
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$609,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 07066’s median household income of $133,504, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area’s figure2023112.6Bottom 10%of 2,7372023
Home price change (1 year)the Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+6.3%94th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+53.7%85th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+90.1%43rd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.32024 ACS 5-Year4.1Bottom 18%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year76.6%44th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3592024 ACS 5-Year6,05575th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,822Bottom 19%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,761Bottom 20%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$2,205Bottom 17%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$592024 ACS 5-Year$1,743Bottom 14%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$22,8282024 ACS 5-Year$609,60092nd percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes2024 ACS 5-Year$10,000+—2024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$10,2882024 ACS 5-Year$149,530Top 7%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year24.6%Top 30%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±212024 ACS 5-Year1846th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.3%37th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year1.8%13th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±952024 ACS 5-Year12644th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

43/ 100
Ranks 1,992 of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 7 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Westfield, NJ, which contains 07066, rather than for 07066 alone.

At 0.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Westfield, NJ, which contains 07066, rather than for 07066 alone.

Units permitted
7
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.2
Bottom 8% nationally
Year over year
+40%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
−0.5%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
40%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$96,523
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$89,526
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Essex County, NJ 5,043 people · 20% of arrivals
  2. Hudson County, NJ 3,078 people · 12% of arrivals
  3. Middlesex County, NJ 2,764 people · 11% of arrivals
  4. Kings County, NY 2,061 people · 8.0% of arrivals
  5. Somerset County, NJ 1,223 people · 4.8% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Middlesex County, NJ 4,376 people · 15% of departures
  2. Essex County, NJ 3,317 people · 12% of departures
  3. Somerset County, NJ 2,251 people · 8.0% of departures
  4. Hudson County, NJ 1,248 people · 4.4% of departures
  5. Morris County, NJ 1,154 people · 4.1% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Union County, NJ. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Westfield, NJ, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 87°F and January a low of 26°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 46.6 inches, including 31.5 inches of snow.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station NEWARK INTL AP, 8.5 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year612024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals46.6"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals31.5"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals26°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals87°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year02024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year432024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals45°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
43
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
61
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

49 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and heat wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 72% of it. Heat wave is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

Inland floodingModerate
EarthquakeElevated
HurricaneModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, winter weather, lightning, heat wave, ice storm, tornado, cold wave, coastal flooding, landslide, hail, wildfire, avalanche, tsunami, volcanic activity.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
1.7
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
3.3
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
16.1
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
5.8
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 07066 (Union County) rather than 07066 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Westfield carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Newark Liberty Intl at 9 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year96.3%Top 14%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle9 miTop 22%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle5Top 44%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year3.4%Top 22%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Newark Liberty IntlEWR9 mi9,999 ft
John F Kennedy IntlJFK28 mi14,511 ft
New York Stewart IntlSWF62 mi11,817 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

07066 vs Westfield

How this ZIP area compares with Westfield as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

07066
Westfield
Median household income: Westfield is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$133,504
vs
$232,629
Per capita income: Westfield is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$57,858
vs
$107,640
Population density
3,569/sq mi
vs
4,627/sq mi
Median home value
$609,600
vs
$953,400
Median gross rent: 07066 is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$1,743
vs
$2,357
Homeownership rate
76.6%
vs
81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: Westfield is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
47.1%
vs
78.1%
Poverty rate: Westfield is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
2.5%
vs
1.6%
Median age
42.9
vs
40.7

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.