Best PlacesGenesee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Genesee, 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.
Genesee ranks 1,621st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Genesee
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.
Genesee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Genesee ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Genesee ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 37% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Genesee
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Genesee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,190, 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 Genesee's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Genesee
Genesee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Genesee.
Who works in Genesee, and how
Work in Genesee centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Genesee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Genesee.
What the weather is like in Genesee, month by month
Genesee sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 16° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Genesee
General Mitchell International sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Genesee
Schools across Genesee average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eagleville Charter SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Magee ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kettle Moraine MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Park View MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Les Paul MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Kettle Moraine HighB+ · 57% proficient
- West HighC+ · 39% proficient
- Mukwonago HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Genesee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Genesee 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 Genesee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Genesee
Is Genesee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Genesee ranks 1,621st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Genesee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $451,176. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $124,190 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Genesee safe?
Yes, Genesee is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Genesee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Genesee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Genesee 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.
Genesee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Genesee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Genesee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Genesee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Genesee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Genesee 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.