Best PlacesWhites Creek, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whites Creek, 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.
Whites Creek ranks 27,901st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Whites Creek
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.
Whites Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whites Creek ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where Whites Creek ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whites Creek
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whites Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,435, 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 Whites Creek's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Whites Creek
Whites Creek runs older than the country, 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 Whites Creek.
Who works in Whites Creek, and how
Work in Whites Creek centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Whites Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whites Creek.
What the weather is like in Whites Creek, month by month
Whites Creek sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Whites Creek
Nashville International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Whites Creek
Schools across Whites Creek average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joelton ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Old Center ElementaryF · 10% proficient
- Alex Green ElementaryF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison MiddleF · 6% proficient
- Haynes MiddleF · 2% proficient
Top high schools
- Hunters Lane HighF · 7% proficient
- Whites Creek HighF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whites Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whites Creek 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 Whites Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whites Creek
Is Whites Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whites Creek ranks 27,901st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whites Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $393,338. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $87,435 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Whites Creek safe?
Whites Creek is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $673 per resident a year.
Compare Whites Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whites Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whites Creek 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.
Whites Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whites Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whites Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whites Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whites Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whites Creek 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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