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5,744 people live in this town, settled in 1894.
Cost of living is its weak spot: the typical home is worth about $397K, 5.3 years of the Port St. Lucie metro’s $75K median household income. It also trails on hazard risk (D): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Where it does best is incomes: the median household earns $118K. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, better than nearly a quarter of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 420th of 634 in Florida. Captain Hammond House is on the National Register of Historic Places. White City’s January low is 54°F, above both Florida’s towns (51°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). Just over a tenth of the land locally is conserved, against 3% in Florida’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places · NOAA normals, 1991–2020 · USGS PAD-US.
Where White City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far White City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,221 in 2000, 3,779 in 2020. The archive holds a map from 1981 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around White City. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
5 mi Stadium & arenaFirst Data Field
6 mi MuseumA. E. Backus Gallery & Museum
15 mi MuseumElliott Museum27K visitors a year
16 mi MuseumHouse of Refuge at Gilbert's BarNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · First Data Field: JoeCondon, Public domain · A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Elliott Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
White City is unincorporated, so St. Lucie 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 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in White City.
White City has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has household incomes well above the Florida norm, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Since 2012, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in White City. FEMA puts 77% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 17% to inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in White City after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The public schools here belong to the St. Lucie school district. Two of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Enrollment at White City’s public school: 493 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| White City Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 493 | D |
| Liberty Baptist Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 354 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 1,593 working residents takes 21.1 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Just 2% of White City’s working residents have a job in town. For White City, the mean commuting time is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Fort Pierce (22%), Port St. Lucie (12%) and Stuart (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
| White City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $118,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 53.5°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.4°. The Ft Pierce weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 70 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 83% of Florida places with climate records.
White City’s July high is 90°F. Snow almost never falls.
| White City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 54°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is Captain Hammond's Hammock Preserve, at 55 acres. Walkers can cover 0.4 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails for White City comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Captain Hammond's Hammock Preserve | — | 55 |
| 2. Citrus Hammock Natural Area | — | 47 |
| 3. Petravice Preserve | — | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 6,064 U.S. towns with household incomes like White City’s, it is less healthy than 91%, so it trails even them.
For adults in White City, the share who have diabetes is 14%. This Florida town does better than the Florida average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 5. Among adults locally, 19% have been diagnosed with depression and 16% smoke cigarettes.
| White City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | White City | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11% | 13.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The share of households in White City who are owner-occupiers: 89%. The typical rent in the town is $1,065 a month. On the market locally: a median 169 days to sell.
| White City | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,065 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of White City
About 4 of every 100 White City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
CDP in Florida, United States
White City is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,719 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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3 towns share a border with White City.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Port St. Lucie (D) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White City | #420 | C− | C− | — | B− | C+ |
| Fort Pierce | #581 | D− | C | — | B− | D |
| Port St. Lucie | #512 | D | D | — | B− | B |
| Indian River Estates | #586 | D− | C | — | B− | C− |
White City, Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie and Indian River Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare White City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
White City grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #420 of 634 in Florida. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $397,000, 6% above the Florida 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 C−.
