Best PlacesNew Whiteland, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Whiteland, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Whiteland ranks 10,843rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Whiteland
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
New Whiteland's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Whiteland ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
Where New Whiteland ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,023 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Whiteland
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Whiteland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,845, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses New Whiteland's effective rate of 0.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Whiteland
New Whiteland runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Whiteland.
Who works in New Whiteland, and how
Work in New Whiteland centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Whiteland
New Whiteland has more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of New Whiteland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Whiteland, month by month
New Whiteland sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of New Whiteland
Indianapolis International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Whiteland
Schools across New Whiteland average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whiteland Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Grassy Creek Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Break-o-day Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Whiteland Community High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Whiteland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Whiteland measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare New Whiteland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Whiteland
Is New Whiteland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Whiteland ranks 10,843rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, walkability, and biking, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Whiteland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,273. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $94,845 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is New Whiteland safe?
Yes, New Whiteland is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare New Whiteland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Whiteland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Whiteland represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
New Whiteland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Whiteland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Whiteland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Whiteland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Whiteland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Whiteland detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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