Best Places53051, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 53051, 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.
53051 ranks 1,469th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 53051
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.
53051's strengths and weaknesses
Where 53051 ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 53051 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 16% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 36% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 42% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 53051
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 53051 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,062, 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 53051's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 53051
53051 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 53051.
Who works in 53051, and how
Work in 53051 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. 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 2%
Life in 53051
53051 has more parkland per resident than 92% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 53051 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 53051, month by month
53051 sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 18° |
| April | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of 53051
General Mitchell International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 53051
Schools across 53051 average a B+, better than 75% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Marcy ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Lannon ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Valley View ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Templeton MiddleA · 64% proficient
- North MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamilton HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Menomonee Falls HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 53051 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
53051 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 53051 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 53051 suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 63% of zip codes and health care access beats 96%.
Common questions about living in 53051
Is 53051 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 53051 ranks 1,469th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 53051 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $382,201. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $109,062 median income, cost of living beats 87% of zip codes.
Is 53051 safe?
Yes, 53051 is safer than 90% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 53051?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 30 with lows near 18. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of zip codes.
Is 53051 good for families?
Schools beat 75% of zip codes, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $1,303 a month.
Compare 53051 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 53051. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 53051 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.
53051 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 53051: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 53051: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 53051: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 53051: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
53051 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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