Best PlacesGillett, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gillett, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gillett ranks 28,183rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gillett
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.
Gillett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gillett ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
- BikingBetter than 68% of towns
Where Gillett ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Household income$59,651 median, better than only 26% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gillett
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gillett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,651, 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 Gillett's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gillett
Gillett 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 Gillett.
Who works in Gillett, and how
Work in Gillett centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Gillett
Gillett has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Gillett and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gillett, month by month
Gillett sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 16° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Gillett
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gillett
Schools across Gillett average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gillett ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Oconto Falls ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Suring ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Gillett MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Menominee Indian MiddleF · 3% proficient
Top high schools
- Oconto Falls HighC · 33% proficient
- Suring HighD− · 17% proficient
- Gillett HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gillett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gillett 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 Gillett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gillett
Is Gillett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gillett ranks 28,183rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and walkability, 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 Gillett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,893. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $59,651 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Gillett safe?
Yes, Gillett is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Gillett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gillett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gillett 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.
Gillett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gillett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gillett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gillett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gillett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gillett 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.