Best PlacesWestmont, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westmont, 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.
Westmont ranks 1,982nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westmont
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.
Westmont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westmont ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 335 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 98% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of cities
- BikingBetter than 88% of cities
Where Westmont ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of cities
- Household income$55,083 median, better than only 4% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Westmont
A household needs to earn about $171,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westmont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,083, 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 Westmont's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Westmont
Westmont runs younger 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 Westmont.
Who works in Westmont, and how
Work in Westmont centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Westmont
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Westmont, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westmont, month by month
Westmont sees roughly 335 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 49. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 72° | 62° | 55° |
| July | 79° | 71° | 65° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Westmont
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Los Angeles International, about 6 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westmont
Schools across Westmont average a C−, better than 24% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Woodworth-monroe Tk-8 AcademyD− · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College Academy-la Trade Tech CollegeB · 50% proficient
- Teach Tech Charter HighD · 18% proficient
- George Washington Preparatory HighD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westmont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westmont 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 Westmont against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Westmont suits
Common questions about living in Westmont
Is Westmont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westmont ranks 1,982nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westmont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $674,129. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $55,083 median income, cost of living beats 0% of cities.
Is Westmont safe?
Westmont is safer than 4% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $606 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Westmont?
July highs average about 79 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 49. That works out to about 335 pleasant days a year, more than 100% of cities.
Is Westmont good for families?
Schools beat 24% of cities, crime safety beats 4%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Westmont with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westmont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westmont 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.
Westmont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westmont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westmont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westmont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westmont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westmont 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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