Westfield, Indiana

Area Profile

54,677 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Westfield, in Hamilton County.

80out of 100
Area Score
Top 1% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 16 sources
OpportunityTop 2% of 4,199 cities measured85
SchoolsTop 14% of 4,162 cities measured79
GrowthTop 1% of 4,224 cities measured89
Housing affordabilityTop 16% of 4,218 cities measured78
Climate2,537th of 4,225 cities measured68
Physical resilienceTop 29% of 4,226 cities measured76
Access2,705th of 4,226 cities measured88
Economic stabilityTop 11% of 4,226 cities measured75
The quick read

Westfield ranks in the top 2% of cities measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 2.9% and median household income of $122,789.

Public schools test above most of the state: 67% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 14% of published profiles for schools.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 2,157 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 54% on the prior year.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
54,677
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$122,789
Top 9% nationally
Density
1,675/sq mi
32.6 sq mi of land
Median age
36.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Indiana
Nearest major airport
IND
23 mi · Indianapolis Intl
Median home value
$425,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 2.9%, lower than in 95% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment fell 0.9% over the past year, to 34,781 employed residents.

60% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 93% of measured US cities.

Median household income of $122,789 is higher than in 91% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsHamilton County, IN’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$98,44979th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftHamilton County, IN’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$98,95084th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$8,5482024 ACS 5-Year$122,789Top 9%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,4892024 ACS 5-Year$61,257Top 9%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year3.4%Top 17%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.2 min2024 ACS 5-Year26.7 minTop 50%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year59.8%Top 7%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year69.1%26th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJuly 202634,781Bottom 39%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)July 2026+10.5%Top 1%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)July 2026−0.9%Bottom 48%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceJuly 202635,80538th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year84.7%Top 25%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageIndianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$65,180Bottom 32%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageIndianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$49,340Bottom 35%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.1%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026−0.4%Top 32%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateJuly 20262.9%Top 5%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year21.4%87th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Unemployment rate

2021/072022/072023/072024/072025/072026/073.61.6
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 2.9% in July 2026. It has been holding roughly steady, over a series running from 2020-01 to 2026-07. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.

Median household income, successive ACS releases

2021202220232024123k107k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $122,789 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand48,100$44,180
Retail Salespersons28,840$31,530
Fast Food and Counter Workers28,400$29,040
Registered Nurses25,800$84,230
Stockers and Order Fillers25,630$37,120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides20,590$35,060

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

67% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 71% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 17.1 students for every full-time teacher across 10 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
10
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
17.1
across all schools here
Math proficiency
67.2%
Top 11% in Indiana
Reading proficiency
71.1%
Top 11% in Indiana
All 10 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Westfield High SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools2,94817.358%85%
Westfield Middle SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools1,58516.361%65%
Westfield Intermediate SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools1,55117.664%62%
Monon Trail Elementary SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools76719.274%61%
Washington Woods Elementary SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools69118.777%67%
Shamrock Springs Elementary SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools65617.382%72%
Maple Glen ElementaryWestfield-Washington Schools63219.278%67%
Carey Ridge Elementary SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools61214.670%59%
Oak Trace Elementary SchoolWestfield-Washington Schools58216.288%76%
Virginia F. Wood Early Learning CenterWestfield-Washington Schools10010.0——

18.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Indiana’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 5% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 94.7, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area is up 44% over five years, and up 3.5% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $3,802 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.89% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,718, close to the $1,667 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,718 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $68,700 a year, about 56% of the median household income here of $122,789.

The typical renter household here spends 27% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,667 a month.

A median home at $425,700 costs 3.1 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $136,894, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Cost of living
94.7

Prices here run about 5% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
26.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.1×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,718
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,667
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$425,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Westfield’s median household income of $122,789, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area’s figure202394.7Top 25%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+3.5%59th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+43.8%53rd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+106.6%71st percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year3.1Bottom 32%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year79.5%57th percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±6282024 ACS 5-Year22,03097th percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,479Bottom 45%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,224Bottom 48%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,718Bottom 46%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$682024 ACS 5-Year$1,667Bottom 15%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$17,0282024 ACS 5-Year$425,70084th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$1552024 ACS 5-Year$3,80282nd percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$9,2692024 ACS 5-Year$136,894Top 10%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.05%2024 ACS 5-Year0.89%45th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±7%2024 ACS 5-Year26.9%Top 42%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±692024 ACS 5-Year4381st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.2%53rd percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year4.6%36th percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3122024 ACS 5-Year1,04695th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

89/ 100
Top 1% of 4,224 published city profiles
The most recent move in permitting was broadly flat, in a series running from 2020 to 2025. That is the direction of the recent run. The chart below compares the first year with the last, which can point the other way.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 34% since 2020, reaching 62,994 in 2024.

Federal tax returns show Hamilton County, which contains Westfield, gained about 0.8% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $98,449, close to the $98,950 of households that moved out.

At 39.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
2,157
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
39.4
Top 1% nationally
Year over year
+54%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
45.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202463k47k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been rising for the last 4 years, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.8%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
40%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$98,449
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$98,950
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Marion County, IN 6,506 people · 30% of arrivals
  2. Madison County, IN 755 people · 3.5% of arrivals
  3. Boone County, IN 750 people · 3.5% of arrivals
  4. Hendricks County, IN 640 people · 3.0% of arrivals
  5. Hancock County, IN 521 people · 2.4% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Marion County, IN 4,399 people · 23% of departures
  2. Madison County, IN 1,426 people · 7.5% of departures
  3. Hancock County, IN 1,073 people · 5.7% of departures
  4. Boone County, IN 1,023 people · 5.4% of departures
  5. Hendricks County, IN 443 people · 2.3% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Hamilton County, IN. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

Housing units permitted per year

2020202120222023202420252k2k
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2020 (+6%).

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 85°F and January a low of 21°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 40.7 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 44, in the Good band, and one day a year passes 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station INDIANAPOLIS EAGLE CREEK AP, 16.4 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND5.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year612024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals40.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals21°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals85°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year12024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year442024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals47°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
44
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
61
90th percentile index
Days above 100
1
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

76 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and cold wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 56% of it. Inland flooding and cold wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 71% of measured US cities.

TornadoHigh
HailModerate
Heat waveModerate
EarthquakeElevated
LightningModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, inland flooding, cold wave, strong wind, ice storm, drought, landslide, hurricane, wildfire, coastal flooding, tsunami, avalanche, volcanic activity.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Violent crime
66
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year
Property crime
435
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year

Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.

Westfield's police department reported 66 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, lower than most places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 435.

Hamilton County has a modeled homicide rate of about 1.7 per 100,000 residents a year, because the CDC suppresses counts this small, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 5.9 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 7.8 per 100,000 residents in Hamilton County.

Homicide
1.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
5.9
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
7.8
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
13.5
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Offenses are reported to the FBI by Westfield’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Westfield (Hamilton County) rather than Westfield itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Indianapolis Intl at 23 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±0.6%2024 ACS 5-Year97.3%Top 15%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle23 miBottom 38%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle3Bottom 20%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year1.7%Top 18%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Indianapolis IntlIND23 mi11,200 ft
Grissom ARBGUS42 mi12,501 ft
Terre Haute RgnlHUF73 mi9,021 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
IndianapolisMarion County885,86058Indianapolis vs Westfield
FishersHamilton County102,33775Fishers vs Westfield
CarmelHamilton County101,65180Carmel vs Westfield
NoblesvilleHamilton County73,36278
GreenwoodJohnson County66,02973
AndersonMadison County55,36755
LawrenceMarion County49,51761
PlainfieldHendricks County36,36974
ZionsvilleBoone County32,09581
BrownsburgHendricks County31,21579
FranklinJohnson County26,16870
GreenfieldHancock County24,94075

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
SafetyFederal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer
Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency
2025 calendar year
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Westfield

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Westfield with census figures of its own, largest first. The ones linked below diverge enough from the city as a whole to carry a full profile; the rest track Westfield closely, so their figures are here rather than on a page that would repeat this one. An Area Score is calculated for published profiles only, which is why it is blank on those rows.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
4607448,901$126,724$437,100—