Best PlacesGenoa City, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Genoa City, 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.
Genoa City ranks 11,390th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Genoa City
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.
Genoa City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Genoa City ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Genoa City ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Genoa City
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Genoa City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,739, 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 Genoa City's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Genoa City
Genoa City's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Genoa City.
Who works in Genoa City, and how
Work in Genoa City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Genoa City
Genoa City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Genoa City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Genoa City, month by month
Genoa City sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Genoa City
General Mitchell International sits about 36 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 Genoa City
Schools across Genoa City average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lyons CenterA · 65% proficient
- Star Center ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Dr Edward G Dyer SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elkhorn Area MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Lake Geneva MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- East Troy MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilmot HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Central HighC+ · 37% proficient
- East Troy HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Genoa City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Genoa City 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 Genoa City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Genoa City
Is Genoa City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Genoa City ranks 11,390th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Genoa City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,619. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $85,739 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Genoa City safe?
Yes, Genoa City is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Genoa City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Genoa City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Genoa City 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.
Genoa City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Genoa City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Genoa City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Genoa City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Genoa City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Genoa City 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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