Best PlacesWhites Crossing, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whites Crossing, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Whites Crossing ranks 32,337th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whites Crossing
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 Crossing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whites Crossing ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Whites Crossing ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whites Crossing
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whites Crossing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,774, 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 Whites Crossing's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Whites Crossing
Whites Crossing 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 Crossing.
Who works in Whites Crossing, and how
Work in Whites Crossing centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Whites Crossing
The coast is about 55 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Whites Crossing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Whites Crossing, month by month
Whites Crossing sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 52° | 45° |
| April | 77° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 90° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Whites Crossing
The nearest airport, Gulfport-Biloxi International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whites Crossing
Schools across Whites Crossing average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stone Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Benndale Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stone Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- George County Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Perry Central Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- George County High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Stone High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Perry Central High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whites Crossing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whites Crossing 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 Crossing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whites Crossing
Is Whites Crossing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whites Crossing ranks 32,337th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and a strong job market, and lowest on disaster risk and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whites Crossing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,542. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,774 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Whites Crossing safe?
Yes, Whites Crossing is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $151 per resident a year.
Compare Whites Crossing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whites Crossing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whites Crossing 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 Crossing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whites Crossing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whites Crossing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whites Crossing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whites Crossing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whites Crossing 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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