Best PlacesWhitewright, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitewright, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Whitewright ranks 13,371st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whitewright
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.
Whitewright's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitewright ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 146 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Whitewright ranks low
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitewright
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitewright home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,234; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Whitewright's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Whitewright
Whitewright's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Whitewright.
Who works in Whitewright, and how
Work in Whitewright centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Whitewright
Whitewright has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Whitewright and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Whitewright, month by month
Whitewright sees roughly 146 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Whitewright
Dallas Love Field sits about 52 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Whitewright
Schools across Whitewright average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John And Nelda Partin ElB+ · 54% proficient
- Tom Bean ElB+ · 53% proficient
- Sue Evelyn Rattan ElC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Van Alstyne J HA · 64% proficient
- Whitewright MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Anna MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Alstyne H SA · 78% proficient
- Trenton H SA− · 60% proficient
- Anna H SA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitewright school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitewright 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 Whitewright against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitewright
Is Whitewright a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitewright ranks 13,371st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitewright expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,419. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $74,234 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Whitewright safe?
Yes, Whitewright is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
Compare Whitewright with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitewright. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitewright 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.
Whitewright detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitewright: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitewright: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitewright: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitewright: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitewright 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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