Best PlacesWhiteville, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whiteville, 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.
Whiteville ranks 43,613th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whiteville
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.
Whiteville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whiteville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap childcare$627 a month, better than 76% of towns
Where Whiteville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,818 median, better than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whiteville
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whiteville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,818, 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 Whiteville's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Whiteville
Whiteville'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 Whiteville.
Who works in Whiteville, and how
Work in Whiteville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Whiteville
Whiteville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 48 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Whiteville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Whiteville, month by month
Whiteville sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Whiteville
The nearest airport, Myrtle Beach International, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whiteville
Schools across Whiteville average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Classical Charter Schools Of WhitevilleB · 46% proficient
- Edgewood ElementaryB · 46% proficient
- Williams TownshipC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nakina MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Central MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Clarkton School Of DiscoveryC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Whiteville HighB+ · 55% proficient
- South Columbus HighB · 47% proficient
- Columbus Career And College AcademyB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whiteville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whiteville 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 Whiteville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whiteville
Is Whiteville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whiteville ranks 43,613th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whiteville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,033. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $43,818 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Whiteville safe?
Whiteville is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $568 per resident a year.
Compare Whiteville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whiteville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whiteville 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.
Whiteville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whiteville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whiteville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whiteville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whiteville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whiteville 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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