Westfield Ranked in Top 100 Best Places to Live

WINNER: Westfield

Top 100 rank: 48
Population: 26,100

Westfield Selected by Money magazine as one of the best places to live in America.

Though Westfield is 20 miles from Indianapolis, residents have many job options right in town; major employers include Indiana Mills & Manufacturing and Porter Engineering Systems. The town’s schools are among the best in the state; local high schoolers’ SAT scores rank in the top 10% of the country. Among its annual events is the Grand Junction Derby, the town’s version of the Indianapolis 500 in which residents race homemade soap-box cars. There will soon be even more to do here: Westfield recently started construction on a 300-acre youth sports campus.

The 100 communities were selected for great job opportunities, excellent schools, safe streets, and economic strength. The city’s affordable home prices, strong school system and local economy were highlighted as city strengths.

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