Best PlacesBeldenville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beldenville, 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.
Beldenville ranks 8,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beldenville
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.
Beldenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beldenville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$102,482 median, better than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of towns
Where Beldenville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute33.4 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beldenville
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beldenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $102,482; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Beldenville's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 Beldenville
Beldenville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beldenville.
Who works in Beldenville, and how
Work in Beldenville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Beldenville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beldenville.
What the weather is like in Beldenville, month by month
Beldenville sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Beldenville
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Beldenville
Schools across Beldenville average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenwood ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Ellsworth ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Rocky Branch ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meyer MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Ellsworth MiddleB− · 43% proficient
- Spring Valley MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Ellsworth HighC+ · 38% proficient
- River Falls HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Spring Valley HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beldenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beldenville 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 Beldenville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beldenville
Is Beldenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beldenville ranks 8,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and what local pay buys, and lowest on property taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beldenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,596. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $102,482 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Beldenville safe?
Yes, Beldenville is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Beldenville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beldenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beldenville 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.
Beldenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beldenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beldenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beldenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beldenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beldenville 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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