WhitesboroAL
1,918 residents make their home in this town in Alabama.
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 typical July afternoon 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.
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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99% of working residents leave Whitesboro for work
Where Whitesboro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Whitesboro.
With only 0.0 jobs per working resident, most people in Whitesboro work out of town
Employers in Whitesboro shed 22 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 36. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line in the town, against 16% in Alabama’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 6 of the 188 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Whitesboro. In Whitesboro, the average commute is 27 minutes.
| 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
18% of adults report frequent mental distress in Whitesboro, where Alabama’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 17%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Whitesboro is ahead of Alabama on 4 and behind on 1. In Whitesboro, 26% of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| 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
Top of a high hazard risk in Whitesboro: inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA in Whitesboro is 71 of 100. Expected losses in Whitesboro break down as 44% from inland flooding and 36% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Whitesboro
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 32° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Whitesboro sells for about $185K at the median
For Whitesboro, the going rate for rent is $1,028 a month. Among households in the town, 73% are owner-occupiers.
| Whitesboro | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,028 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Whitesboro
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.
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−.
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