Best PlacesWhitehall, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitehall, 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.
Whitehall ranks 49,640th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Whitehall
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.
Whitehall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitehall ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$481 a month, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Short commute22.7 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
Where Whitehall ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitehall
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitehall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $34,583, 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 Whitehall's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Whitehall
Whitehall's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Whitehall.
Who works in Whitehall, and how
Work in Whitehall centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Whitehall
Whitehall has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Whitehall and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Whitehall, month by month
Whitehall sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Whitehall
Memphis International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Whitehall
Schools across Whitehall average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robinsonville Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Anna Strong Learning AcademyF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tunica Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Rosa Fort High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Lee High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitehall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitehall 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 Whitehall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitehall
Is Whitehall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitehall ranks 49,640th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on civic engagement and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitehall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $64,800. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $34,583 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Whitehall safe?
Whitehall is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,244 per resident a year.
Compare Whitehall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitehall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitehall 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.
Whitehall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitehall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitehall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitehall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitehall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitehall 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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