Best PlacesFrederic, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frederic, 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.
Frederic ranks 18,206th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Frederic
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.
Frederic's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frederic ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Frederic ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 25% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 31% of towns
- Short commute30.3 minutes each way, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frederic
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frederic home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,151, 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 Frederic's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Frederic
Frederic 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 Frederic.
Who works in Frederic, and how
Work in Frederic centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Frederic
Frederic has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Frederic and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Frederic, month by month
Frederic sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 31° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Frederic
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 66 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 Frederic
Schools across Frederic average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shell Lake Elementary (3-6)B · 48% proficient
- Frederic ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Siren ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webster MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Unity MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Grantsburg MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Shell Lake Junior/senior HighC− · 30% proficient
- Luck HighC− · 27% proficient
- Grantsburg HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frederic school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frederic 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 Frederic against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frederic
Is Frederic a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frederic ranks 18,206th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frederic expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,210. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $68,151 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Frederic safe?
Yes, Frederic is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
Compare Frederic with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frederic. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frederic 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.
Frederic detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frederic: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frederic: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frederic: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frederic: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frederic 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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