Best PlacesWestport, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westport, 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.
Westport ranks 7,986th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westport
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.
Westport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westport ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
Where Westport ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Short commute31.0 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westport
A household needs to earn about $146,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,901, 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 Westport's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Westport
Westport runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westport.
Who works in Westport, and how
Work in Westport centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Westport
Westport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Westport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westport, month by month
Westport sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Westport
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westport
Schools across Westport average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westport ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Wilbur And Mcmahon SchoolsB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dartmouth MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Tiverton Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Morton MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Dartmouth HighA · 68% proficient
- Westport Middle-high SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Tiverton High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westport 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 Westport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westport
Is Westport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westport ranks 7,986th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $561,687. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $103,901 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Westport safe?
Yes, Westport is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Westport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westport 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.
Westport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westport 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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