Best Places54768, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 54768, 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.
54768 ranks 16,689th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 54768
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.
54768's strengths and weaknesses
Where 54768 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 79% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 77% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 76% of zip codes
Where 54768 ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 30% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 54768
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 54768 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,736, 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 54768's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 54768
54768 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 54768.
Who works in 54768, and how
Work in 54768 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 54768
54768 has more parkland per resident than 98% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 54768 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 54768, month by month
54768 sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of 54768
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around 54768
Schools across 54768 average a B−, better than 54% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Stanley ElementaryA− · 55% proficient
- Thorp ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Gilman ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stanley-boyd MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Stanley-boyd HighD · 20% proficient
- Gilman HighD · 18% proficient
- Thorp HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 54768 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
54768 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 54768 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 54768
Is 54768 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 54768 ranks 16,689th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 54768 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,758. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $65,736 median income, cost of living beats 28% of zip codes.
Is 54768 safe?
54768 is safer than 51% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare 54768 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 54768. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 54768 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.
54768 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 54768: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 54768: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 54768: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 54768: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
54768 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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