Best Places53227, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 53227, 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.
53227 ranks 10,032nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 53227
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.
53227's strengths and weaknesses
Where 53227 ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of zip codes
Where 53227 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 16% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 53227
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 53227 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,321, 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 53227's effective rate of 1.81%, 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 53227
53227's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 53227.
Who works in 53227, and how
Work in 53227 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 53227
53227 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 94% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 53227 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 53227, month by month
53227 sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of 53227
General Mitchell International sits about 8 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 53227
Schools across 53227 average a D+, better than 10% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Wilson ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Hoover ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Mitchell ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lane IntermediateC− · 29% proficient
- Frank Lloyd Wright IntermediateD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Nathan Hale HighD · 20% proficient
- Central HighF · 10% proficient
- Hamilton HighF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 53227 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
53227 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 53227 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 53227 suits
Families
Schools land around the 10th percentile and crime safety beats 59%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 53227
Is 53227 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 53227 ranks 10,032nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on transit, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 53227 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,562. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $72,321 median income, cost of living beats 53% of zip codes.
Is 53227 safe?
Yes, 53227 is safer than 59% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 53227?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 18. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 49% of zip codes.
Is 53227 good for families?
Schools beat 10% of zip codes, crime safety beats 59%, and childcare runs $1,303 a month.
Compare 53227 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 53227. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 53227 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.
53227 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 53227: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 53227: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 53227: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 53227: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
53227 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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