Westfield, NJ: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Westfield is a town in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located within the heart of the Rahway Valley region, Westfield is a bustling commercial and cultural hub in northern–central New Jersey, and it is a wealthy bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area (located 16 miles (26 km) southwest of New York City). In March 2018, Bloomberg ranked Westfield as the 99th highest-income place in the United States, and the 18th highest-income location in New Jersey. According to a 2014 nationwide survey, Westfield was ranked as the 30th-safest city to live in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 31,032, an increa…

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How Westfield ranks

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#11Most remote workers in NJ #15Highest income in NJ #19Best schools in NJ All NJ rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code07090, 07091

Area code908

Living in Westfield

Housing in Westfield

$1.32M▲ 9.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Westfield home is worth about $1,315,000, up 9.7% in a year, 127% above the New Jersey typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market14

Sale-to-list109.8%

Sold in May28

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Safety in Westfield

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Safety Grade A

Westfield reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Westfield 0

New Jersey 2

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Westfield 5.4

New Jersey 12.7

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Westfield

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School Grade A

The public schools Westfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#19Best public schoolsof 457 in NJ

DistrictWestfield Public School DistrictSchools28

Franklin Elementary School A+Elementary · Grades 1–5 · 509 students Jefferson Elementary School AElementary · Grades 1–5 · 467 students Tamaques Elementary School A+Elementary · Grades 1–5 · 427 students Wilson Elementary School AElementary · Grades 1–5 · 362 students Washington Elementary School A+Elementary · Grades 1–5 · 300 students McKinley Elementary School AElementary · Grades 1–5 · 291 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.