Best PlacesWestbrook, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westbrook, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westbrook ranks 1,482nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westbrook
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.
Westbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westbrook ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
Where Westbrook ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,224 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westbrook
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,998, 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 Westbrook's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Westbrook
Westbrook's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westbrook.
Who works in Westbrook, and how
Work in Westbrook centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Westbrook
Westbrook has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Westbrook and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westbrook, month by month
Westbrook sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Westbrook
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westbrook
Schools across Westbrook average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wentworth SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Narragansett Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Hollis SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gorham Middle SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Scarborough Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Lincoln Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Bonny Eagle High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Westbrook High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Scarborough High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westbrook 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 Westbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Westbrook suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Westbrook
Is Westbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westbrook ranks 1,482nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, transit, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $406,847. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $91,998 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Westbrook safe?
Yes, Westbrook is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Westbrook?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 17. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 32% of towns.
Is Westbrook good for families?
Schools beat 98% of towns, crime safety beats 88%, and childcare runs $1,224 a month.
Compare Westbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westbrook 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.
Westbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westbrook 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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