Best PlacesWestborough, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westborough, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westborough ranks 899th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westborough
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Westborough's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westborough ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$148,463 median, better than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
Where Westborough ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,648 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westborough
A household needs to earn about $194,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westborough home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $148,463, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Westborough's effective rate of 1.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westborough
Westborough's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westborough.
Who works in Westborough, and how
Work in Westborough centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Westborough
Westborough has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 39 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Westborough and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westborough, month by month
Westborough sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Westborough
The nearest airport, Worcester Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westborough
Schools across Westborough average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Margaret A NearyA+ · 75% proficient
- Floral Street SchoolA · 70% proficient
- J Harding ArmstrongA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- P Brent TrottierA+ · 68% proficient
- Sarah W Gibbons MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Mill Pond SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Westborough HighA+ · 88% proficient
- Algonquin Regional HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Milford HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westborough school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westborough measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Westborough against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Westborough suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of towns and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Westborough
Is Westborough a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westborough ranks 899th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westborough expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $677,482. The overall cost of living runs about 25% above the national average. Set against a $148,463 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Westborough safe?
Yes, Westborough is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $156 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Westborough?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 19. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of towns.
Is Westborough good for families?
Schools beat 96% of towns, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $1,648 a month.
Compare Westborough with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westborough. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westborough represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Westborough detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westborough: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westborough: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westborough: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westborough: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westborough detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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