Best PlacesLa Farge, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Farge, 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.
La Farge ranks 32,603rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Farge
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.
La Farge's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Farge ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 130 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where La Farge ranks low
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$59,708 median, better than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Farge
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Farge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,708, 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 La Farge's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 La Farge
La Farge 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 La Farge.
Who works in La Farge, and how
Work in La Farge centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in La Farge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Farge.
What the weather is like in La Farge, month by month
La Farge sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 63° |
| October | 58° | 49° | 42° |
Flying in and out of La Farge
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Farge
Schools across La Farge average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Viroqua ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Norwalk-ontario-wilton ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Westby ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Viroqua MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Westby MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- La Farge MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Brookwood HighC− · 28% proficient
- Viroqua HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Westby HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Farge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Farge 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 La Farge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Farge
Is La Farge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Farge ranks 32,603rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and the weather, and lowest on the schools and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Farge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,258. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $59,708 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is La Farge safe?
La Farge is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
Compare La Farge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Farge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Farge 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.
La Farge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Farge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Farge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Farge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Farge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Farge 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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