Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,033.
Westlake Corner’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and schools; its weakest is a C for walkability. 34% of residents are 65 or older in Westlake Corner, above both the Virginia town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 1 of the 254 Virginia towns we compare have a higher median age than Westlake Corner. Westlake Corner has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Booker T. Washington National Monument and Hook-Powell-Moorman Farm. Westlake Corner has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Westlake Corner beats most towns.
Where Westlake Corner’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Westlake Corner is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 maps from 1951 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Westlake Corner is unincorporated, so Franklin 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Westlake Corner.
Most working residents leave Westlake Corner for work: only 12% work in town. Since 2013, Westlake Corner has added 343 jobs, to 1,208 in 2023. At 23 minutes, Westlake Corner’s average trip to work is below both Virginia’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Westlake Corner | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 34% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 9% of residents (23% statewide). 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Westlake Corner.
| Westlake Corner | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 12% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 44% | 29% |
Somewhere between 40% and 73% women
The Census survey reached too few of Westlake Corner’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±16.2 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Westlake Corner | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.3% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.8% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.4% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 31.1% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.8% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 17.3% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.8% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.7% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.2% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Westlake Corner’s FEMA risk score is 76 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Westlake Corner has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 27° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
28% of Westlake Corner adults feel lonely. Westlake Corner beats the Virginia average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 13% of Westlake Corner adults report frequent mental distress.
| Westlake Corner | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Westlake Corner | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.7% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.7% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Westlake Corner | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median rent in Westlake Corner is $1,185 a month.
| Westlake Corner | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,185 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Westlake Corner. Close and well known come first.
12 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
10 mi LakeSmith Mountain Lake
17 mi LandmarkNational D-Day Memorial
in town National MonumentBooker T. Washington National Monument22K visitors a year
17 mi MuseumVirginia Museum of Transportation
17 mi MuseumTaubman Museum of ArtBlue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0
None within 15 miles of Westlake Corner; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Westlake Corner residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
3 places in Westlake Corner on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Westlake Corner is a census-designated place in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,553 at the 2020 census up from 976 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area.
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One town shares a border with Westlake Corner.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Corner | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| North Shore | #185 | C+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
Westlake Corner has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Westlake Corner and North Shore report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Westlake Corner with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $499,000, 21% above the Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
