Best PlacesWestport Point, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westport Point, 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 Point ranks 6,425th 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 Point
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 Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westport Point ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Westport Point ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westport Point
A household needs to earn about $176,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westport Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $105,156, 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 Point's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Point
Westport Point 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 Westport Point.
Who works in Westport Point, and how
Work in Westport Point centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Westport Point
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Westport Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westport Point, month by month
Westport Point sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Westport Point
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westport Point
Schools across Westport Point average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westport ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Wilbur And Mcmahon SchoolsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Dartmouth HighA · 68% proficient
- Westport Middle-high SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westport Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westport Point 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 Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westport Point
Is Westport Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westport Point ranks 6,425th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westport Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $686,433. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $105,156 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Westport Point safe?
Yes, Westport Point is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
Compare Westport Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westport Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westport Point 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 Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westport Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westport Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westport Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westport Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westport Point 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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