WhitesboroAL
A town of 1,918.
Is Whitesboro a good place to live?
Whitesboro’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 10 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on walkability. Whitesboro's schools rank ahead of 74% of Alabama towns. Only 3 of the 188 Alabama towns we compare have a lower July high than Whitesboro. Only 29 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on the outdoors. Whitesboro has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Whitesboro for work
Where Whitesboro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Whitesboro grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Whitesboro is from typical.
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Moving to Whitesboro: who provides what
Whitesboro is unincorporated, so Etowah County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Whitesboro.
Most of Whitesboro’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Whitesboro for work: only 1% work in town. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Whitesboro, against 16% in Alabama’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Whitesboro has lost 22 jobs, to 36 in 2023.
| Whitesboro | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Whitesboro is less healthy than 75% of U.S. towns
Whitesboro beats the Alabama average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Whitesboro, where Alabama’s towns sit at 40% and U.S. towns at 36%. 26% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Whitesboro.
| Whitesboro | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 40% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 43% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Whitesboro | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.5% | 19.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Whitesboro
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Whitesboro
Whitesboro has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Whitesboro is 32°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Whitesboro sells for about $308K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Whitesboro
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Whitesboro
About 1 of every 100 Whitesboro residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Whitesboro
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Whitesboro is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Whitesboro had a population of 2,113.
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- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,063 ft
Whitesboro’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Whitesboro.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesboro | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Carlisle-Rockledge | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Sardis City | — | — | B | B− | B+ | C− |
Whitesboro, Carlisle-Rockledge and Sardis City have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Whitesboro and Carlisle-Rockledge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Whitesboro with a neighbor →
Questions about Whitesboro
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Whitesboro, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $154,000, 35% below the Alabama typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.