Best PlacesGrellton, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grellton, 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.
Grellton ranks 19,896th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grellton
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.
Grellton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grellton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Grellton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,040 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grellton
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grellton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,971, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Grellton's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Grellton
Grellton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grellton.
Who works in Grellton, and how
Work in Grellton centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Grellton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grellton.
What the weather is like in Grellton, month by month
Grellton sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Grellton
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grellton
Schools across Grellton average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Webster ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Lake Mills ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Schurz ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Mills MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Riverside MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Mills HighC · 33% proficient
- Watertown HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grellton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grellton 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 Grellton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grellton
Is Grellton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grellton ranks 19,896th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grellton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $371,731. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $87,971 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Grellton safe?
Grellton is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Grellton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grellton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grellton 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.
Grellton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grellton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grellton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grellton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grellton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grellton 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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