Best PlacesEsdaile, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Esdaile, 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.
Esdaile ranks 8,130th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Esdaile
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.
Esdaile's strengths and weaknesses
Where Esdaile ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Esdaile ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 27% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 28% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Esdaile
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Esdaile home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,191, 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 Esdaile's effective rate of 1.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Esdaile
Esdaile runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Esdaile.
Who works in Esdaile, and how
Work in Esdaile centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Esdaile
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Esdaile.
What the weather is like in Esdaile, month by month
Esdaile sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Esdaile
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 41 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Esdaile
Schools across Esdaile average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ellsworth ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Sunnyside ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ellsworth MiddleB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Ellsworth HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Esdaile school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Esdaile 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 Esdaile against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Esdaile
Is Esdaile a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Esdaile ranks 8,130th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Esdaile expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,616. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $94,191 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Esdaile safe?
Yes, Esdaile is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
Compare Esdaile with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Esdaile. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Esdaile 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.
Esdaile detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Esdaile: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Esdaile: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Esdaile: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Esdaile: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Esdaile 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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