Real Estate In Westport, CT
Westport with its rich New England history encourages residents’ participation in governing and provides an array of services to meet their demands. Executives and professionals from advertising, finance, communications, national and international business have joined artists, writers, actors and theater personalities to define life in Westport.
There is a full range of homes from rapidly disappearing small ranches and capes to large estates.
Westport is a convenient location for commuters. Both Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway are minutes away from any home in Westport and Metro North offers service into Manhattan from Westport’s Greens Farms and Westport’s Saugatuck Stations.
Area in Square Miles: 20
Miles from NYC: 51
The Westport Connecticut school system is considered the town’s prized asset. With a yearly budget in excess of $62 million dollars, the town’s high school, two middle schools and four elementary schools place a premium on high teacher salaries and low student-teacher ratios.
Parents say the “Pearl” in Westport’s school system is Staples High School, which Town and Country Magazine named one of the 45 “most outstanding secondary schools in the nation.” Connecticut Magazine ranked Staples High School as the number 1 high school in Connecticut in 2008.
Westport Public Schools Website
Things to do in Westport Connecticut
Within its 20 square miles, there are fine restaurants, a thriving shopping area, three artistic and entertainment venues where major artists perform; the Westport Playhouse, Levitt Pavilion and the Westport Arts Center and a 62-acre nature preserve and nature museum where children and adults have the opportunity to unveil the wonders of nature.
The Recreation Commission oversees 210 acres of space including the Longshore/Compo Beach complex that offers golf, tennis, swimming, ice-skating, sailing, rollerblading, softball, fine dining and entertainment, a boating marina and yacht basin. There are also two private clubs that between them offer golf, tennis, swimming and horseback riding.
