Best PlacesHoney Creek, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Honey Creek, 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.
Honey Creek ranks 6,828th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Honey Creek
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.
Honey Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Honey Creek ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
Where Honey Creek ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Honey Creek
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Honey Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $92,995; 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 Honey Creek'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 Honey Creek
Honey Creek runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Honey Creek.
Who works in Honey Creek, and how
Work in Honey Creek centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Honey Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Honey Creek.
What the weather is like in Honey Creek, month by month
Honey Creek sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Honey Creek
General Mitchell International sits about 37 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 Honey Creek
Schools across Honey Creek average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jackson ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elkhorn Area MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkhorn Area HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Honey Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Honey Creek 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 Honey Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Honey Creek
Is Honey Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Honey Creek ranks 6,828th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Honey Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,525. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $92,995 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Honey Creek safe?
Yes, Honey Creek is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Honey Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Honey Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Honey Creek 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.
Honey Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Honey Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Honey Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Honey Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Honey Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Honey Creek 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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