Best PlacesDelafield, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delafield, 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.
Delafield ranks 886th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Delafield
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.
Delafield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delafield ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$134,597 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Delafield ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delafield
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delafield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $134,597; 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 Delafield's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Delafield
Delafield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Delafield.
Who works in Delafield, and how
Work in Delafield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Delafield
Delafield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Delafield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Delafield, month by month
Delafield sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 16° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Delafield
General Mitchell International sits about 26 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Delafield
Schools across Delafield average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Country SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Summit ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- South ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Shore MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Kettle Moraine MiddleA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Arrowhead HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Kettle Moraine HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Oconomowoc HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delafield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delafield 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 Delafield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delafield
Is Delafield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delafield ranks 886th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Delafield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $554,010. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $134,597 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Delafield safe?
Yes, Delafield is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Delafield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delafield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delafield 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.
Delafield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delafield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delafield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delafield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delafield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delafield 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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