Best PlacesWhite Pine, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around White Pine, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
White Pine ranks 27,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in White Pine
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 Pine's strengths and weaknesses
Where White Pine ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 71% of towns
Where White Pine ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Pine
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Pine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,742, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Pine's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 White Pine
White Pine runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for White Pine.
Who works in White Pine, and how
Work in White Pine centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in White Pine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across White Pine.
What the weather is like in White Pine, month by month
White Pine sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 23° | 18° |
| April | 43° | 33° | 26° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| October | 47° | 38° | 31° |
Flying in and out of White Pine
The nearest airport, Glacier Park International, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 288 miles away.
The best schools in and around White Pine
Schools across White Pine average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thompson Falls Elem SchlB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thompson Falls 7-8C · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Thompson Falls High SchlC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every White Pine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
White Pine 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 Pine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in White Pine
Is White Pine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, White Pine ranks 27,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, heat safety, and low taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is White Pine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $476,776. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $75,742 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is White Pine safe?
Yes, White Pine is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare White Pine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to White Pine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in White Pine 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 Pine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for White Pine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in White Pine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of White Pine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in White Pine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
White Pine 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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