Best PlacesDickeyville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dickeyville, 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.
Dickeyville ranks 9,329th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dickeyville
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.
Dickeyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dickeyville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Dickeyville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 36% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dickeyville
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dickeyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,419, 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 Dickeyville's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 Dickeyville
Dickeyville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dickeyville.
Who works in Dickeyville, and how
Work in Dickeyville 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 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dickeyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dickeyville.
What the weather is like in Dickeyville, month by month
Dickeyville sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 15° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Dickeyville
The nearest airport, Dubuque Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dickeyville
Schools across Dickeyville average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cuba City ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Westview ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Potosi ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Platteville MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Cuba City MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Potosi MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Platteville HighC · 33% proficient
- Cuba City HighC · 32% proficient
- Potosi HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dickeyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dickeyville 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 Dickeyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dickeyville
Is Dickeyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dickeyville ranks 9,329th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dickeyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,826. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $72,419 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Dickeyville safe?
Yes, Dickeyville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Dickeyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dickeyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dickeyville 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.
Dickeyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dickeyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dickeyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dickeyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dickeyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dickeyville 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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