Best PlacesArgonne, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Argonne, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Argonne ranks 31,766th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Argonne
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.
Argonne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Argonne ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Argonne ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Argonne
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Argonne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,028, 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 Argonne's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Argonne
Argonne runs older than the country, 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 Argonne.
Who works in Argonne, and how
Work in Argonne centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Argonne
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Argonne.
What the weather is like in Argonne, month by month
Argonne sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 16° | 8° |
| April | 50° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 54° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Argonne
The nearest airport, Rhinelander/Oneida County, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Argonne
Schools across Argonne average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Three Lakes ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Robinson ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Goodman-armstrong ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Three Lakes Junior HighC · 32% proficient
- Crandon MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Three Lakes HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Laona HighC− · 27% proficient
- Goodman HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Argonne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Argonne 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 Argonne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Argonne
Is Argonne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Argonne ranks 31,766th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on distance from a big city and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Argonne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,168. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $63,028 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Argonne safe?
Argonne is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Argonne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Argonne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Argonne 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.
Argonne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Argonne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Argonne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Argonne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Argonne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Argonne 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.