Best PlacesWhiteflat, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whiteflat, 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.
Whiteflat ranks 41,973rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Whiteflat
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.
Whiteflat's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whiteflat ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Whiteflat ranks low
- Household income$41,875 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whiteflat
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whiteflat home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,875, 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 Whiteflat's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Whiteflat
Whiteflat runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Whiteflat.
Who works in Whiteflat, and how
Work in Whiteflat centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Whiteflat
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whiteflat.
What the weather is like in Whiteflat, month by month
Whiteflat sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Whiteflat
The nearest airport, Lubbock Preston Smith International, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 240 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whiteflat
Schools across Whiteflat average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top high schools
- Valley SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Motley County SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whiteflat school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whiteflat 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 Whiteflat against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whiteflat
Is Whiteflat a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whiteflat ranks 41,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on low incomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whiteflat expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,300. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $41,875 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Whiteflat safe?
Whiteflat is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Whiteflat with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whiteflat. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whiteflat 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.
Whiteflat detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whiteflat: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whiteflat: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whiteflat: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whiteflat: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whiteflat 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.