Best PlacesGrantsburg, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grantsburg, 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.
Grantsburg ranks 27,096th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Empty homes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Grantsburg
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.
Grantsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grantsburg ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Grantsburg ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 31% of towns
- Household income$62,175 median, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grantsburg
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grantsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,175, 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 Grantsburg's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Grantsburg
Grantsburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grantsburg.
Who works in Grantsburg, and how
Work in Grantsburg 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 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Grantsburg
Grantsburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Grantsburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Grantsburg, month by month
Grantsburg sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Grantsburg
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 67 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 Grantsburg
Schools across Grantsburg average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saint Croix Falls ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- C.e. Jacobson ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Grantsburg ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Saint Croix Falls MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Webster MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Grantsburg MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Saint Croix Falls HighC+ · 38% 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 Grantsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grantsburg 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 Grantsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grantsburg
Is Grantsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grantsburg ranks 27,096th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and health care access, and lowest on empty homes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grantsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,742. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $62,175 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Grantsburg safe?
Grantsburg is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Grantsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grantsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grantsburg 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.
Grantsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grantsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grantsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grantsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grantsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grantsburg 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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