Best PlacesEndeavor, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Endeavor, 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.
Endeavor ranks 29,006th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Endeavor
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.
Endeavor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Endeavor ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Short commute23.4 minutes each way, better than 72% of towns
Where Endeavor ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 27% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Endeavor
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Endeavor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,438, 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 Endeavor's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Endeavor
Endeavor 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 Endeavor.
Who works in Endeavor, and how
Work in Endeavor centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Endeavor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Endeavor.
What the weather is like in Endeavor, month by month
Endeavor sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Endeavor
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Endeavor
Schools across Endeavor average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Endeavor ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Oxford ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wisconsin Dells Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Wayne Bartels MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Westfield Area MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Westfield Area HighC− · 30% proficient
- Portage HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Montello Junior/senior HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Endeavor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Endeavor 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 Endeavor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Endeavor
Is Endeavor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Endeavor ranks 29,006th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Endeavor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,651. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $62,438 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Endeavor safe?
Yes, Endeavor is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare Endeavor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Endeavor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Endeavor 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.
Endeavor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Endeavor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Endeavor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Endeavor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Endeavor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Endeavor 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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