Best PlacesWhite Pine, TN 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 26,449th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
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
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where White Pine ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 23% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Pine
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Pine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,206, 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 Pine's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 10 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 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 retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in White Pine
White Pine has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of White Pine and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in White Pine, month by month
White Pine sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of White Pine
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 145 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
- Dandridge ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Witt ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- White Pine ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maury Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Lincoln Heights Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Cocke Co High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Jefferson Co High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Morristown West HighB− · 41% 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 26,449th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and summer heat. 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 $229,609. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $60,206 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is White Pine safe?
Yes, White Pine is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 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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