Best PlacesWhitfield, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitfield, 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.
Whitfield ranks 22,042nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Whitfield
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.
Whitfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitfield ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 77% of towns
Where Whitfield ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 13% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitfield
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,974, 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 Whitfield's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Whitfield
Whitfield'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 Whitfield.
Who works in Whitfield, and how
Work in Whitfield centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Whitfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whitfield.
What the weather is like in Whitfield, month by month
Whitfield sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Whitfield
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whitfield
Schools across Whitfield average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stonebridge ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Richland Upper ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Mclaurin Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brandon Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Pearl Junior High SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Brandon High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Pearl High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Mclaurin Attendance CenterB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitfield 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 Whitfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitfield
Is Whitfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitfield ranks 22,042nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,432. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $86,974 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Whitfield safe?
Whitfield is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Whitfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitfield 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.
Whitfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitfield 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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