[PAR] [TLE] Westfield, New Jersey [SEP] Westfield is a town in Union County of New Jersey, United States.  As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 30,316, reflecting an increase of 672 (+2.3%) from the 29,644 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 774 (+2.7%) from the 28,870 counted in the 1990 Census.  According to a 2014 nationwide survey, Westfield is considered to be the 30th-safest city to live in the United States. [PAR] [TLE] Peter Gadol [SEP] Peter Gadol is an American author.  Gadol was born on April 15, 1964 and grew up in Westfield, New Jersey.  He received an A.B. "magna cum laude" in English and American Literature from Harvard College in 1986.  While at Harvard, he studied writing with Seamus Heaney, wrote a thesis on Wallace Stevens under the supervision of Helen Vendler, edited the literary magazine "The Harvard Advocate", and was for two years a fiction intern at "The Atlantic".
[PAR] [TLE] Westfield , New Jersey [ SEP ] Westfield is a town in Union County of New Jersey , United States . As of the 2010 United States Census , the town 's population was 30,316 , reflecting an increase of 672 ( +2.3 % ) from the 29,644 counted in the 2000 Census , which had in turn increased by 774 ( +2.7 % ) from the 28,870 counted in the 1990 Census . According to a 2014 nationwide survey , Westfield is considered to be the 30th - safest city to live in the United States . [PAR] [TLE] Peter Gadol [ SEP ] Peter Gadol is an American author . Gadol was born on April 15 , 1964 and grew up in Westfield , New Jersey . He received an A.B. " magna cum laude " in English and American Literature from Harvard College in 1986 . While at Harvard , he studied writing with Seamus Heaney , wrote a thesis on Wallace Stevens under the supervision of Helen Vendler , edited the literary magazine " The Harvard Advocate " , and was for two years a fiction intern at " The Atlantic " .
What was the population of the town in New Jersey that Peter Gadol was born in?
What was the population of the town in New Jersey that Peter Gadol was born in ?
30,316
30,316