Best PlacesFifield, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fifield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fifield ranks 33,216th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fifield
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.
Fifield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fifield ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Fifield ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of towns
- Household income$55,695 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fifield
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fifield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,695, 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 Fifield's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 Fifield
Fifield 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 Fifield.
Who works in Fifield, and how
Work in Fifield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fifield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fifield.
What the weather is like in Fifield, month by month
Fifield sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 56° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Fifield
The nearest airport, Rhinelander/Oneida County, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fifield
Schools across Fifield average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Phillips ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Park Falls ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chequamegon MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Phillips MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Phillips HighC− · 27% proficient
- Chequamegon HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fifield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fifield 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 Fifield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fifield
Is Fifield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fifield ranks 33,216th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on empty homes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fifield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,694. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $55,695 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Fifield safe?
Fifield is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Fifield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fifield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fifield 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.
Fifield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fifield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fifield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fifield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fifield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fifield 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.