Best PlacesEleva, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eleva, 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.
Eleva ranks 3,576th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eleva
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.
Eleva's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eleva ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$105,439 median, better than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Eleva ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,110 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 45% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eleva
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eleva home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,439, 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 Eleva's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Eleva
Eleva's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eleva.
Who works in Eleva, and how
Work in Eleva centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eleva
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eleva.
What the weather is like in Eleva, month by month
Eleva sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Eleva
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eleva
Schools across Eleva average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meadowview ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Robbins ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Mondovi ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- South MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Osseo-fairchild MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Eleva-strum MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Whitehall Memorial Junior/senior HighC · 32% proficient
- Mondovi HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eleva school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eleva 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 Eleva against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eleva
Is Eleva a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eleva ranks 3,576th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, what local pay buys, and health care access, 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 Eleva expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,624. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $105,439 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Eleva safe?
Yes, Eleva is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Eleva with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eleva. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eleva 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.
Eleva detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eleva: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eleva: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eleva: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eleva: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eleva 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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