Best PlacesHatley, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hatley, 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.
Hatley ranks 11,518th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hatley
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.
Hatley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hatley ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 116 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
Where Hatley ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hatley
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hatley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,845, 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 Hatley's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Hatley
Hatley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hatley.
Who works in Hatley, and how
Work in Hatley centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hatley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hatley.
What the weather is like in Hatley, month by month
Hatley sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 12° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Hatley
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hatley
Schools across Hatley average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bannach ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Mosinee ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Birnamwood ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mosinee MiddleB · 46% proficient
- P J Jacobs Junior HighB− · 42% proficient
- D C Everest MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Mosinee HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Stevens Point Area Senior HighC · 31% proficient
- Wittenberg-birnamwood HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hatley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hatley 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 Hatley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hatley
Is Hatley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hatley ranks 11,518th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hatley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,938. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $90,845 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Hatley safe?
Yes, Hatley is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.
Compare Hatley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hatley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hatley 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.
Hatley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hatley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hatley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hatley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hatley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hatley 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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