Best PlacesWesthampton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westhampton, 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 ranks 3,562nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westhampton
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westhampton ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Westhampton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,476 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westhampton
A household needs to earn about $263,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westhampton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,606, 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's effective rate of 0.61%, 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
Westhampton runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westhampton.
Who works in Westhampton, and how
Work in Westhampton centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Westhampton
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Westhampton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westhampton, month by month
Westhampton 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
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westhampton
Schools across Westhampton average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westhampton Beach Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Remsenburg-speonk Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Phillips Avenue SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westhampton Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Riverhead Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Westhampton Beach Senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Riverhead Senior High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westhampton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westhampton 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westhampton
Is Westhampton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westhampton ranks 3,562nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and fast internet, 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 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,032,283. The overall cost of living runs about 56% above the national average. Set against a $130,606 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Westhampton safe?
Yes, Westhampton is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
Compare Westhampton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westhampton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westhampton 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westhampton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westhampton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westhampton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westhampton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westhampton 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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