Best PlacesWestfield Center, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westfield Center, 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.
Westfield Center ranks 4,020th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westfield Center
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.
Westfield Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westfield Center ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Westfield Center ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westfield Center
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westfield Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,819, 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 Westfield Center'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westfield Center
Westfield Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westfield Center.
Who works in Westfield Center, and how
Work in Westfield Center centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Westfield Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Westfield Center.
What the weather is like in Westfield Center, month by month
Westfield Center sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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 | 63° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Westfield Center
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 26 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Westfield Center
Schools across Westfield Center average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Norwayne Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Cloverleaf Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Norwayne Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Cloverleaf Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Cloverleaf High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Norwayne High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westfield Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westfield Center 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 Westfield Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westfield Center
Is Westfield Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westfield Center ranks 4,020th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westfield Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,176. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $94,819 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Westfield Center safe?
Yes, Westfield Center is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $115 per resident a year.
Compare Westfield Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westfield Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westfield Center 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.
Westfield Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westfield Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westfield Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westfield Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westfield Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westfield Center 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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