Best PlacesGooseville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gooseville, 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.
Gooseville ranks 4,799th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gooseville
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.
Gooseville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gooseville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Gooseville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gooseville
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gooseville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,774, 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 Gooseville's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Gooseville
Gooseville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gooseville.
Who works in Gooseville, and how
Work in Gooseville 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 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Gooseville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gooseville.
What the weather is like in Gooseville, month by month
Gooseville sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 17° |
| April | 55° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Gooseville
General Mitchell International sits about 42 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 Gooseville
Schools across Gooseville average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Random Lake ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Random Lake MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Random Lake HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gooseville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gooseville 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 Gooseville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gooseville
Is Gooseville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gooseville ranks 4,799th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job 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 Gooseville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,813. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $94,774 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Gooseville safe?
Yes, Gooseville is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $126 per resident a year.
Compare Gooseville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gooseville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gooseville 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.
Gooseville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gooseville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gooseville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gooseville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gooseville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gooseville 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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