Best PlacesCadott, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cadott, 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.
Cadott ranks 13,561st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cadott
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.
Cadott's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cadott ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Cadott ranks low
- Cheap childcare$952 a month, better than only 29% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 35% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 37% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cadott
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cadott home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,702, 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 Cadott's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Cadott
Cadott's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cadott.
Who works in Cadott, and how
Work in Cadott centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cadott
Cadott has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cadott and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cadott, month by month
Cadott sees roughly 116 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 Cadott
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cadott
Schools across Cadott average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stillson ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Cornell ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Jim Falls ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stanley-boyd MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Fall Creek MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Cornell MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Fall Creek HighB− · 43% proficient
- Colfax HighC · 33% proficient
- Cadott HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cadott school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cadott 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 Cadott against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cadott
Is Cadott a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cadott ranks 13,561st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cadott expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,001. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $80,702 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Cadott safe?
Yes, Cadott is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Cadott with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cadott. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cadott 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.
Cadott detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cadott: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cadott: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cadott: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cadott: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cadott 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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