Best PlacesWestview, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westview ranks 42,894th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Westview
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.
Westview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westview ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Westview ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Westview
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,101, 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 Westview's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westview
Westview'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 Westview.
Who works in Westview, and how
Work in Westview centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Westview
Westview has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Westview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westview, month by month
Westview sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Westview
Miami International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Westview
Schools across Westview average a C+, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carrie P. Meek/westview K-8 CenterC · 33% proficient
- Henry E.s. Reeves K-8 CenterD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Phoenix Academy Of Excellence NorthD+ · 25% proficient
- North Dade Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- The Seed School Of MiamiD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westview 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 Westview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Westview
Is Westview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westview ranks 42,894th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $387,535. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $61,101 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Westview safe?
Westview is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Westview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westview 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.
Westview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westview 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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