Best PlacesWhitsett, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitsett, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Whitsett ranks 5,366th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whitsett
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.
Whitsett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitsett ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Whitsett ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 38% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 41% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitsett
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitsett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,135, 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 Whitsett's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Whitsett
Whitsett'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 Whitsett.
Who works in Whitsett, and how
Work in Whitsett centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Whitsett
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whitsett.
What the weather is like in Whitsett, month by month
Whitsett sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 29° |
| April | 76° | 61° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Whitsett
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whitsett
Schools across Whitsett average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alamance ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Nathanael Greene ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Gibsonville ElementaryB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southeast Guilford MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Eastern Guilford MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Uncg Early/middle CollegeA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitsett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitsett 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 Whitsett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitsett
Is Whitsett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitsett ranks 5,366th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, state finances, and population health, and lowest on noise 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 Whitsett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,961. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $94,135 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Whitsett safe?
Yes, Whitsett is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
Compare Whitsett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitsett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitsett 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.
Whitsett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitsett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitsett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitsett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitsett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitsett 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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