Best PlacesWestover, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westover, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westover ranks 32,820th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Westover
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.
Westover's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westover ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
Where Westover ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute38.1 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westover
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,566, 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 Westover's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westover
Westover 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 Westover.
Who works in Westover, and how
Work in Westover centers on manufacturing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Westover
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Westover.
What the weather is like in Westover, month by month
Westover sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 28° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Westover
Richmond International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.5 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Westover
Schools across Westover average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Charles City County ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- J.e.j. Moore MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Prince George HighA · 75% proficient
- Charles City County HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westover 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 Westover against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westover
Is Westover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westover ranks 32,820th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,575. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $69,566 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Westover safe?
Westover is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $620 per resident a year.
Compare Westover with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westover 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.
Westover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westover 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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