Best PlacesWhitcomb, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitcomb, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Whitcomb ranks 13,494th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Whitcomb
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.
Whitcomb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitcomb ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
Where Whitcomb ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.7 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitcomb
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitcomb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,404, 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 Whitcomb's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Whitcomb
Whitcomb runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Whitcomb.
Who works in Whitcomb, and how
Work in Whitcomb centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Whitcomb
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whitcomb.
What the weather is like in Whitcomb, month by month
Whitcomb sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Whitcomb
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Whitcomb
Schools across Whitcomb average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mount Carmel SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Brookville Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Franklin County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin County HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitcomb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitcomb 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 Whitcomb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitcomb
Is Whitcomb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitcomb ranks 13,494th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, fast internet, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitcomb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,914. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $83,404 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Whitcomb safe?
Yes, Whitcomb is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare Whitcomb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitcomb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitcomb 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.
Whitcomb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitcomb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitcomb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitcomb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitcomb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitcomb 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.