WestwayTX
A town of 3,484.
Is Westway a good place to live?
Westway gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $174K, 2.9 years of the El Paso metro’s $60K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 236th of 640 graded towns in Texas. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Westway, against 12% in Texas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
What makes Westway stand out
Where Westway beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Westway for work
Where Westway’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Westway grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Westway is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 10%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sun Bowl Stadium and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Westway. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Stadium & arenaSun Bowl Stadium
7 mi State parkFranklin Mountains State Park
31 mi Ancient siteHueco Tanks
15 mi National MemorialChamizal National Memorial8K visitors a year
11 mi Theme parkWestern Playland
15 mi TheatrePlaza TheatrePhoto credits
Sun Bowl Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Franklin Mountains State Park: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Hueco Tanks: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Chamizal National Memorial: Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Western Playland: Dimples915, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Plaza Theatre: Donitza Marie, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Westway: who provides what
Westway is unincorporated, so El Paso 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 Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Westway.
Westway carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Westway stands out in Texas and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is lower
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of Texas towns; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Westway is 5 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Westway beat 51% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Canutillo ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deanna Davenport ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 303 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Westway earns an A− for cost of living
Values rose 5% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%. Home values rose 48% in five years, to about $174K, against 10% across Texas.
83% of households own their home in Westway. Typical home values rose 5% in the year to September 2026.
| Westway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,152 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
About two in three of Westway’s working residents commute to El Paso
Westway has 237 jobs for its 1,439 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Westway for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Westway grew to 237 in 2023, 99 more than in 2013. Westway’s average trip to work is 23 minutes.
| Westway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Westway are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Against the 3,944 U.S. towns with household incomes like Westway’s, it is healthier than 76%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Westway beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 34% of Westway adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Westway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 20% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Westway | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 33.8% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Westway
The La Tuna 1 S weather station records that about 114 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94.9°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 32.5°.
Westway has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Westway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Westway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Westway Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Westway
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Westway
About 8 of every 100 Westway residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Westway’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Westway.
Vinton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Westway and Vinton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Westway with a neighbor →
Questions about Westway
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Westway, TX a good place to live?
Westway grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #236 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Westway, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.