Best PlacesDeronda, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deronda, 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.
Deronda ranks 8,961st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Deronda
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.
Deronda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deronda ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Deronda ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Short commute31.1 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deronda
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deronda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $91,538; 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 Deronda's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Deronda
Deronda 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 Deronda.
Who works in Deronda, and how
Work in Deronda centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Deronda
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deronda.
What the weather is like in Deronda, month by month
Deronda sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Deronda
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 49 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 Deronda
Schools across Deronda average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Amery IntermediateB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amery MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Amery HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deronda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deronda 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 Deronda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deronda
Is Deronda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deronda ranks 8,961st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, health care access, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deronda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,107. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $91,538 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Deronda safe?
Yes, Deronda is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Deronda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deronda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deronda 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.
Deronda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deronda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deronda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deronda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deronda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deronda 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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