Best PlacesWesthampton Beach, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westhampton Beach, 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.
Westhampton Beach ranks 5,595th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westhampton Beach
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.
Westhampton Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westhampton Beach ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Westhampton Beach ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westhampton Beach
A household needs to earn about $280,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westhampton Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,016, 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 Westhampton Beach's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Westhampton Beach
Westhampton Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westhampton Beach.
Who works in Westhampton Beach, and how
Work in Westhampton Beach centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Westhampton Beach
Westhampton Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Westhampton Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westhampton Beach, month by month
Westhampton Beach sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Westhampton Beach
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westhampton Beach
Schools across Westhampton Beach average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Moriches Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Quogue Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Westhampton Beach Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Moriches SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Westhampton Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Westhampton Beach Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westhampton Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westhampton Beach 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 Westhampton Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westhampton Beach
Is Westhampton Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westhampton Beach ranks 5,595th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westhampton Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,072,648. The overall cost of living runs about 70% above the national average. Set against a $132,016 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Westhampton Beach safe?
Yes, Westhampton Beach is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Westhampton Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westhampton Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westhampton Beach 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.
Westhampton Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westhampton Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westhampton Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westhampton Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westhampton Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westhampton Beach 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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