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The median home value in Westerly, RI is $638,163 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.48% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$638,163
Year-over-Year
+8.48%
Population
23,540
Westerly ranks #3 of 12 Rhode Island cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 39.4% above the state's city median of $457,766. It sits in Washington County, where the county-wide median is $691,862.
Median household income in Westerly is $95,207, so the typical home value is about 6.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Westerly police recorded a violent crime rate of 64 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 913 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Westerly, that value is $638,163. That's up 8.48% from a year earlier. It is about 39.4% above the typical Rhode Island city tracked here.
Homes in Westerly are cheaper than Washington County as a whole, where the median is $691,862 — a difference of about 7.8%.
Median household income here is $95,207, so the typical home value is about 6.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Westerly police reported 64 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 23,540. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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