Best PlacesWestminster Park, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westminster Park, 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.
Westminster Park ranks 18,093rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westminster Park
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.
Westminster Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westminster Park ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Westminster Park ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,088 a month, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westminster Park
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westminster Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,981, 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 Westminster Park's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Westminster Park
Westminster Park 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 Westminster Park.
Who works in Westminster Park, and how
Work in Westminster Park centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Westminster Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Westminster Park.
What the weather is like in Westminster Park, month by month
Westminster Park sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Westminster Park
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westminster Park
Schools across Westminster Park average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alexandria Central Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Alexandria Central High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westminster Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westminster Park 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 Westminster Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westminster Park
Is Westminster Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westminster Park ranks 18,093rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, heat safety, and health care access, and lowest on taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westminster Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,329. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $83,981 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Westminster Park safe?
Yes, Westminster Park is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Westminster Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westminster Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westminster Park 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.
Westminster Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westminster Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westminster Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westminster Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westminster Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westminster Park 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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