Best PlacesAttica, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Attica, 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.
Attica ranks 9,014th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Attica
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.
Attica's strengths and weaknesses
Where Attica ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$111,608 median, better than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
Where Attica ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Attica
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Attica home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,608, 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 Attica's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 Attica
Attica runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Attica.
Who works in Attica, and how
Work in Attica centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Attica
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Attica.
What the weather is like in Attica, month by month
Attica sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 61° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Attica
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Attica
Schools across Attica average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Belleville ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Monticello ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Albany ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monticello MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Belleville MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Albany Community MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Belleville HighC · 33% proficient
- Albany HighD− · 17% proficient
- Monticello HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Attica school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Attica 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 Attica against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Attica
Is Attica a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Attica ranks 9,014th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and few empty homes, and lowest on internet speeds and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Attica expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,531. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $111,608 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Attica safe?
Yes, Attica is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Attica with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Attica. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Attica 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.
Attica detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Attica: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Attica: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Attica: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Attica: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Attica 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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