Best PlacesDousman, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dousman, 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.
Dousman ranks 2,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dousman
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.
Dousman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dousman ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$121,507 median, better than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Dousman ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,301 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 34% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dousman
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dousman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,507, 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 Dousman's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Dousman
Dousman runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dousman.
Who works in Dousman, and how
Work in Dousman centers on health care & social and construction. 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 Dousman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dousman.
What the weather is like in Dousman, month by month
Dousman sees roughly 91 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 Dousman
General Mitchell International sits about 29 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 Dousman
Schools across Dousman average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eagleville Charter SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Wales ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Magee ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kettle Moraine MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Park View MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Palmyra-eagle MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Kettle Moraine HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Mukwonago HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Palmyra-eagle HighF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dousman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dousman 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 Dousman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dousman
Is Dousman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dousman ranks 2,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dousman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $402,596. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $121,507 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Dousman safe?
Yes, Dousman is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Dousman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dousman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dousman 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.
Dousman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dousman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dousman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dousman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dousman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dousman 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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