Best PlacesWestfield, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westfield ranks 907th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Westfield
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westfield ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 72% of cities
Where Westfield ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Westfield
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,591, 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's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Westfield
Westfield'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 Westfield.
Who works in Westfield, and how
Work in Westfield centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Westfield
Westfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Westfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westfield, month by month
Westfield sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 63° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 88° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Westfield
Bradley International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Westfield
Schools across Westfield average a B−, better than 47% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Norfeldt SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- William E NorrisB+ · 51% proficient
- Southampton RoadB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- King Philip Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Westfield Intermediate SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- West Springfield MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Hall High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Westfield HighA− · 59% proficient
- Gateway Regional HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westfield 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Westfield suits
Families
Schools land around the 47th percentile and crime safety beats 96%.
Common questions about living in Westfield
Is Westfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westfield ranks 907th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,949. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $91,591 median income, cost of living beats 43% of cities.
Is Westfield safe?
Yes, Westfield is safer than 96% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Westfield?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 18. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 13% of cities.
Is Westfield good for families?
Schools beat 47% of cities, crime safety beats 96%, and childcare runs $1,385 a month.
Compare Westfield with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westfield 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westfield 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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