Westwood Hills, Kansas
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Westwood Hills is a city in Johnson County
Johnson County, Kansas
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, Kansas
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, United States
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. The population was 378 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Westwood Hills is located at 39°2′21"N 94°36′39"W (39.039055, -94.610808). According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²), all of it land (besides Westwood creek, which runs through the city).

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 378 people, 170 households, and 116 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 5,512.0 people per square mile (2,085.0/km²). There were 173 housing units at an average density of 2,522.7 per square mile (954.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.92% White, 1.59% African American, 0.26% Native American, 3.17% Asian, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.06% of the population.

There were 170 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.70.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $81,812, and the median income for a family was $108,732. Males had a median income of $76,250 versus $52,188 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $48,256. About 1.8% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

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