Best PlacesWhitestown, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitestown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Whitestown ranks 478th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whitestown
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.
Whitestown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitestown ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
Where Whitestown ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,197 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitestown
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitestown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,872, 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 Whitestown's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Whitestown
Whitestown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Whitestown.
Who works in Whitestown, and how
Work in Whitestown centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Whitestown
Whitestown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Whitestown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Whitestown, month by month
Whitestown sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Whitestown
Indianapolis International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Whitestown
Schools across Whitestown average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Union Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Boone MeadowA · 69% proficient
- Stonegate ElementaryA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Zionsville Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Lebanon Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Sheridan Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Zionsville Community High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Lebanon Senior High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Sheridan High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitestown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitestown 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 Whitestown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitestown
Is Whitestown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitestown ranks 478th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and heat safety, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitestown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $407,058. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $132,872 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Whitestown safe?
Yes, Whitestown is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $156 per resident a year.
Compare Whitestown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitestown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitestown 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.
Whitestown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitestown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitestown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitestown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitestown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitestown 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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