Best PlacesDotyville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dotyville, 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.
Dotyville ranks 2,417th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dotyville
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.
Dotyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dotyville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$117,500 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Dotyville ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dotyville
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dotyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,500, 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 Dotyville's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 Dotyville
Dotyville 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 Dotyville.
Who works in Dotyville, and how
Work in Dotyville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dotyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dotyville.
What the weather is like in Dotyville, month by month
Dotyville sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Dotyville
The nearest airport, Appleton International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dotyville
Schools across Dotyville average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeshore ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Eden ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Campbellsport MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Theisen MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Sabish MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Fond Du Lac HighC · 33% proficient
- Campbellsport HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dotyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dotyville 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 Dotyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dotyville
Is Dotyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dotyville ranks 2,417th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on biking and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dotyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,749. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $117,500 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Dotyville safe?
Yes, Dotyville is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
Compare Dotyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dotyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dotyville 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.
Dotyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dotyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dotyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dotyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dotyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dotyville 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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