Westfield NJ Real Estate Homes, Townhomes and Condos for Sale
Westfield is an affluent town in Union County of New Jersey with gracious beautiful luxury homes, upscale establishments, and excellent proximity to freeways and train for commuters. In March 2018, Bloomberg ranked Westfield as the 99th wealthiest place in the United States, and the 18th wealthiest in New Jersey. According to a 2014 nationwide survey, Westfield is considered to be the 30th-safest city to live in the United States.
Downtown
Westfield’s downtown features exciting restaurants, high end shopping, galleries, with a wonderful mix of national brands and local favorites. In fact, over one-third of the retailers and restaurants have existed for 25 years or more! Downtown Westfield, with over 200 retail establishments and 400 commercial enterprises, is a regional destination in New Jersey. In 2004, Westfield won the Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust. In 2010, Westfield was the winner of the America in Bloom contest for communities with a population of 25,001–50,000 against the other two towns entered in their category. Shopping and dining in Westfield attracts citizens from other communities across the state.
Parks and Recreation
There is much to do for those who appreciate the outdoors and an active lifestyle. Parks, ice skating, pools, clubs, and sports for many ages are available.
Education
Westfield is home to top-notch schools! Public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades attend the Westfield Public Schools. The district has a central kindergarten, six neighborhood elementary schools (grades 1-5), two middle schools (grades 6-8) divided by a “North Side / South Side” boundary, and one high school (grades 9-12). The schools in the district are Lincoln School (grades PreK-K), Franklin Elementary School (1-5), Jefferson Elementary School (1-5), McKinley Elementary School (1-5), Tamaques Elementary School (1-5), Washington Elementary School (1-5), Wilson Elementary School (1-5), Roosevelt Intermediate School (6-8), Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School (6-8) and Westfield High School (9-12).
For high school, public school students from Westfield and all of Union County are eligible to apply to attend the Union County Vocational Technical Schools, which include Union County Magnet High School, Union County Academy for Information Technology, Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational Technical High School and Union County Academy for Performing Arts. Holy Trinity Interparochial School is a Middle States-accredited Catholic school run by the three parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Helen’s in Westfield along with Our Lady of Lourdes in Mountainside, which offers education from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade and operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
Public Transportation
NJ Transit (NJT) provides passenger rail service from the Westfield train station on the Raritan Valley Line to Newark Penn Station with connecting service to New York Penn Station. Westfield’s position and schedule on the Raritan Valley Line make it desirable for commuters, as several times in the morning and evening rush hours a non-stop service operates to/from Newark Penn Station. On these non-stop services, the one-way journey time to/from NY Penn Station is 50 minutes, or 20 minutes to/from Newark Penn Station.
The NJT 113 bus route provides one-seat service to New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal seven days per week from the town center, taking approximately one hour to NYC, with additional service available along Route 22 on the northern edge of the town (NJT bus routes 114 and 117), taking approximately 45 minutes. The 59 route provides local bus service between Plainfield and Newark
Newark Liberty International Airport is approximately 20 minutes away, most conveniently reached via Route 22 or NJT trains.