About Westport

Westport is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 14,183 people and just one neighborhood, Westport is the 130th largest community in Massachusetts.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Westport is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Westport is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Westport who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.36%), sales jobs (10.22%), and management occupations (9.53%).

Because of many things, Westport is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Westport really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Westport perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Westport are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

For most residents of Westport, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.2% of people in Westport drive alone to work on most days, making Westport a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Westport's landscape.

Being a small town, Westport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Westport Information and Demographics

The education level of Westport citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 25.30% of adults in Westport have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Westport in 2000 was $25,281, which is middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,124 for a family of four.

The people who call Westport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Westport is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Westport include Portuguese, English, French, French Canadian, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Westport is English. Some people also speak Portuguese.