Best PlacesWesternport, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westernport, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westernport ranks 41,855th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westernport
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.
Westernport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westernport ranks high
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Westernport ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$50,171 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westernport
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westernport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,171, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Westernport's effective rate of 0.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westernport
Westernport runs older than the country, 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 Westernport.
Who works in Westernport, and how
Work in Westernport centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Westernport
Westernport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Westernport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westernport, month by month
Westernport sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Westernport
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westernport
Schools across Westernport average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broad Ford ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Westernport ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- George's Creek ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Westmar MiddleD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain Ridge High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Southern Garrett High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westernport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westernport 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 Westernport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westernport
Is Westernport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westernport ranks 41,855th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westernport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,416. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $50,171 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Westernport safe?
Westernport is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $493 per resident a year.
Compare Westernport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westernport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westernport 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.
Westernport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westernport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westernport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westernport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westernport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westernport 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.