Best PlacesWestphalia, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westphalia, 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.
Westphalia ranks 31,466th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Westphalia
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.
Westphalia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westphalia ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 75% of towns
Where Westphalia ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westphalia
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westphalia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,917, 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 Westphalia's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westphalia
Westphalia 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 Westphalia.
Who works in Westphalia, and how
Work in Westphalia centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Westphalia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Westphalia.
What the weather is like in Westphalia, month by month
Westphalia sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Westphalia
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westphalia
Schools across Westphalia average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Knox Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Northeast East Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- North Knox IntermediateC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- South Knox Middle-high SchoolB · 46% proficient
- North Knox Jr-sr High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- North Central Jr/sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westphalia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westphalia 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 Westphalia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westphalia
Is Westphalia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westphalia ranks 31,466th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westphalia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,683. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $67,917 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Westphalia safe?
Westphalia is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Westphalia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westphalia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westphalia 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.
Westphalia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westphalia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westphalia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westphalia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westphalia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westphalia 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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