Best PlacesForestville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forestville, 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.
Forestville ranks 10,997th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Forestville
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.
Forestville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forestville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 118 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
Where Forestville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Cheap childcare$941 a month, better than only 31% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forestville
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forestville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,945, 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 Forestville's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Forestville
Forestville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Forestville.
Who works in Forestville, and how
Work in Forestville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Forestville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Forestville.
What the weather is like in Forestville, month by month
Forestville sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 22° | 16° |
| April | 50° | 41° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 70° | 62° |
| October | 58° | 51° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Forestville
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Forestville
Schools across Forestville average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southern Door ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Algoma ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Luxemburg-casco MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Southern Door MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Luxemburg-casco HighC · 32% proficient
- Southern Door HighC− · 27% proficient
- Algoma HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forestville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forestville 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 Forestville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forestville
Is Forestville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forestville ranks 10,997th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and health care access, and lowest on internet speeds and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forestville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,114. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $85,945 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Forestville safe?
Yes, Forestville is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
Compare Forestville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forestville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forestville 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.
Forestville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forestville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forestville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forestville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forestville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forestville 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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