Best PlacesWhite Horse, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around White Horse, 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.
White Horse ranks 12,037th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in White Horse
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.
White Horse's strengths and weaknesses
Where White Horse ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
Where White Horse ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,396 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Horse
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Horse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,826, 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 White Horse's effective rate of 2.21%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in White Horse
White Horse runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for White Horse.
Who works in White Horse, and how
Work in White Horse centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in White Horse
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across White Horse, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in White Horse, month by month
White Horse sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of White Horse
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around White Horse
Schools across White Horse average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peter Muschal ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Mac Farland IntermediateC · 34% proficient
- Robinson Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Bordentown Regional High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Hamilton West-watsonC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every White Horse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
White Horse 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 White Horse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in White Horse
Is White Horse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, White Horse ranks 12,037th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is White Horse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,098. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $109,826 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is White Horse safe?
Yes, White Horse is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare White Horse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to White Horse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in White Horse 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.
White Horse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for White Horse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in White Horse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of White Horse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in White Horse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
White Horse 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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