Best PlacesWhitt, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitt, 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.
Whitt ranks 23,219th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Whitt
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.
Whitt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitt ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 122 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
Where Whitt ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitt
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,374, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Whitt's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 Whitt
Whitt runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Whitt.
Who works in Whitt, and how
Work in Whitt centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Whitt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whitt.
What the weather is like in Whitt, month by month
Whitt sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 79° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Whitt
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 56 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Whitt
Schools across Whitt average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peaster ElB− · 43% proficient
- Perrin ElC− · 28% proficient
- Poolville ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Peaster J HB+ · 49% proficient
- Poolville J HB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Peaster H SA− · 63% proficient
- Poolville H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Perrin H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitt 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 Whitt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitt
Is Whitt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitt ranks 23,219th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on education levels and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,451. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $72,374 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Whitt safe?
Yes, Whitt is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Whitt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitt 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.
Whitt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitt 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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