Best PlacesForest Junction, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest Junction, 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.
Forest Junction ranks 4,280th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forest Junction
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.
Forest Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest Junction ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Forest Junction ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forest Junction
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,724, 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 Forest Junction's effective rate of 1.41%, 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 Forest Junction
Forest Junction runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Forest Junction.
Who works in Forest Junction, and how
Work in Forest Junction centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Forest Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Forest Junction.
What the weather is like in Forest Junction, month by month
Forest Junction sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Forest Junction
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Forest Junction
Schools across Forest Junction average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hilbert ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Brillion ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brillion MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Hilbert MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Brillion HighC · 32% proficient
- Hilbert HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest Junction 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 Forest Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forest Junction
Is Forest Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest Junction ranks 4,280th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forest Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,951. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $94,724 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Forest Junction safe?
Yes, Forest Junction is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $160 per resident a year.
Compare Forest Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest Junction 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.
Forest Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest Junction 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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