Best PlacesHartland, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartland, 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.
Hartland ranks 1,231st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hartland
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.
Hartland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartland ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
Where Hartland ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,302 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 37% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartland
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $115,186; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Hartland's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Hartland
Hartland runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hartland.
Who works in Hartland, and how
Work in Hartland 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 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hartland
Hartland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hartland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hartland, month by month
Hartland sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 16° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hartland
General Mitchell International sits about 25 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 Hartland
Schools across Hartland average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Country SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- North Lake ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Richmond ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Shore MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Merton IntermediateA · 66% proficient
- Templeton MiddleA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Arrowhead HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Hamilton HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Hartford HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartland 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 Hartland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartland
Is Hartland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartland ranks 1,231st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hartland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $471,073. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $115,186 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Hartland safe?
Yes, Hartland is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Hartland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartland 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.
Hartland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartland 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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