Best PlacesWestpoint, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westpoint, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westpoint ranks 7,530th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westpoint
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.
Westpoint's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westpoint ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$119,745 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Westpoint ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westpoint
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westpoint home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,745, 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 Westpoint's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Westpoint
Westpoint runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westpoint.
Who works in Westpoint, and how
Work in Westpoint centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Westpoint
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Westpoint.
What the weather is like in Westpoint, month by month
Westpoint sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Westpoint
Indianapolis International sits about 59 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Westpoint
Schools across Westpoint average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mintonye Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwestern Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccutcheon High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westpoint school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westpoint 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 Westpoint against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westpoint
Is Westpoint a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westpoint ranks 7,530th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westpoint expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,934. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $119,745 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Westpoint safe?
Yes, Westpoint is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Westpoint with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westpoint. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westpoint 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.
Westpoint detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westpoint: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westpoint: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westpoint: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westpoint: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westpoint 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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