Best PlacesCooksville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cooksville, 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.
Cooksville ranks 8,775th 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 Cooksville
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.
Cooksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cooksville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$107,893 median, better than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Cooksville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cooksville
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cooksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $107,893; 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 Cooksville's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 Cooksville
Cooksville'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 Cooksville.
Who works in Cooksville, and how
Work in Cooksville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cooksville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cooksville.
What the weather is like in Cooksville, month by month
Cooksville sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Cooksville
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cooksville
Schools across Cooksville average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Theodore Robinson Intermediate SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Yahara ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Fox Prairie ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edgerton MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- J C Mckenna MiddleB · 44% proficient
- River Bluff MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Stoughton HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Evansville HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Edgerton HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cooksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cooksville 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 Cooksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cooksville
Is Cooksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cooksville ranks 8,775th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cooksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $415,256. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $107,893 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Cooksville safe?
Cooksville is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Cooksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cooksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cooksville 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.
Cooksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cooksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cooksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cooksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cooksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cooksville 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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