Westbrook CenterCT
A town of 2,501.
Is Westbrook Center a good place to live?
33% of residents are 65 or older in Westbrook Center, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Among 156 Connecticut towns, just 7 have a lower average trip to work than Westbrook Center. We don’t grade Westbrook Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Westbrook Center lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 33% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Westbrook Town Beach
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Gillette Castle State Park and 82 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Westbrook Center. Close and well known come first.
10 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
27 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
23 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
36 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
35 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
34 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Westbrook Center: who provides what
Westbrook Center is unincorporated, so Middlesex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Westbrook Center.
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Westbrook Center
Westbrook Center has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 22° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Westbrook Center has 1.2 jobs for every working resident, and 1,031 people commute in
Most working residents leave Westbrook Center for work: only 8% work in town. At $75,000, Westbrook Center’s median household income is below Connecticut’s towns ($109,000) and close to U.S. towns ($80,000). The top destinations are Westbrook (13%), Old Saybrook (7%) and New Haven (6%).
| Westbrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $75,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Westbrook Center is
Westbrook Center beats the Connecticut average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 28% of adults feel lonely in Westbrook Center. Only 6 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Westbrook Center.
| Westbrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Westbrook Center | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.6% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.7% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Westbrook Center has set aside 8% of its land for conservation
1.1 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Westbrook Center’s trail density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Westbrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tom ODell Memorial Open Space | 0.5 mi | 7 |
| 2. Daniel P. Wren Park | — | 17 |
| 3. Westbrook Town Beach | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Westbrook Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Westbrook Center sells for about $1.01M
52% of Westbrook Center households own their home.
| Westbrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,397 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Westbrook Center
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Westbrook Center; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Westbrook Center residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
About Westbrook Center
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Westbrook Center is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary village and adjacent residential land in the town of Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the southern part of the town, along U.S. Route 1 and bordered to the south by Long Island Sound. To the east it is bordered by the town of Old Saybrook, and the western and northwestern borders of the CDP are the Patchogue River. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 2,220, out of 6,769 in the entire town of Westbrook. The Westbrook Town Center Historic District occupies 178 acres (0.72 km2) at the center of the community.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
Westbrook Center’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Westbrook Center.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saybrook Manor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westbrook | #39 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Old Saybrook | #51 | A− | D | B | A− | A |
Westbrook reports no FBI crime data of its own. Westbrook Center and Saybrook Manor aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Westbrook Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Westbrook Center
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