Best PlacesCouderay, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Couderay, 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.
Couderay ranks 44,622nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Couderay
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.
Couderay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Couderay ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Couderay ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Couderay
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Couderay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,020, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Couderay's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Couderay
Couderay 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 Couderay.
Who works in Couderay, and how
Work in Couderay centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Couderay
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Couderay.
What the weather is like in Couderay, month by month
Couderay sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Couderay
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Couderay
Schools across Couderay average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Birchwood ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Hayward IntermediateB · 45% proficient
- Winter ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hayward MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Birchwood MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Winter MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Hayward HighC · 33% proficient
- Winter HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Birchwood HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Couderay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Couderay 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 Couderay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Couderay
Is Couderay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Couderay ranks 44,622nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Couderay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,650. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $50,020 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Couderay safe?
Couderay is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $748 per resident a year.
Compare Couderay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Couderay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Couderay 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.
Couderay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Couderay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Couderay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Couderay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Couderay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Couderay 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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