Best PlacesWhitetown, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitetown, 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.
Whitetown ranks 45,643rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whitetown
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.
Whitetown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitetown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$459 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
Where Whitetown ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,188 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitetown
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitetown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,188, 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 Whitetown's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Whitetown
Whitetown 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 Whitetown.
Who works in Whitetown, and how
Work in Whitetown centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Whitetown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whitetown.
What the weather is like in Whitetown, month by month
Whitetown sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Whitetown
The nearest airport, Memorial Field, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whitetown
Schools across Whitetown average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mount Ida Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Caddo Hills Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Waldron Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Waldron Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Mount Ida High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Caddo Hills High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Waldron High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitetown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitetown 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 Whitetown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitetown
Is Whitetown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitetown ranks 45,643rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitetown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $128,400. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $37,188 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Whitetown safe?
Yes, Whitetown is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Whitetown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitetown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitetown 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.
Whitetown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitetown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitetown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitetown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitetown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitetown 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.