Best PlacesWhitingham, VT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitingham, 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.
Whitingham ranks 33,905th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whitingham
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.
Whitingham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitingham ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
Where Whitingham ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,392 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitingham
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitingham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,856; 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 Whitingham's effective rate of 1.94%, 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 Whitingham
Whitingham 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 Whitingham.
Who works in Whitingham, and how
Work in Whitingham centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Whitingham
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whitingham.
What the weather is like in Whitingham, month by month
Whitingham sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Whitingham
The nearest airport, Albany International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whitingham
Schools across Whitingham average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rowe ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Abbott MemorialD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Twin Valley Middle High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Mohawk Trail Regional SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Drury HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitingham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitingham 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 Whitingham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitingham
Is Whitingham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitingham ranks 33,905th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, cheap car insurance, and tree cover, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitingham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,881. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $74,856 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Whitingham safe?
Yes, Whitingham is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Whitingham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitingham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitingham 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.
Whitingham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitingham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitingham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitingham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitingham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitingham 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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