Best PlacesWesttown, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westtown, 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.
Westtown ranks 3,613th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westtown
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.
Westtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westtown ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$127,860 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Westtown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westtown
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $127,860; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Westtown's effective rate of 2.05%, 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 Westtown
Westtown's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westtown.
Who works in Westtown, and how
Work in Westtown centers on health care & social and education. 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 Westtown
Westtown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Westtown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westtown, month by month
Westtown sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Westtown
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Westtown
Schools across Westtown average a B+, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Minisink Valley Intermediate SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minisink Valley Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Minisink Valley High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westtown 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 Westtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westtown
Is Westtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westtown ranks 3,613th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes 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 Westtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $442,112. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $127,860 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Westtown safe?
Yes, Westtown is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $136 per resident a year.
Compare Westtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westtown 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.
Westtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westtown 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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