Best PlacesLa Grange, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Grange, 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.
La Grange ranks 5,917th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Grange
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 Grange's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Grange ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where La Grange ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Grange
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Grange home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $102,255; 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 La Grange's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Grange
La Grange runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for La Grange.
Who works in La Grange, and how
Work in La Grange centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in La Grange
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Grange.
What the weather is like in La Grange, month by month
La Grange sees roughly 69 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 La Grange
General Mitchell International sits about 38 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 La Grange
Schools across La Grange average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Eagle ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Palmyra-eagle MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Whitewater MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Whitewater HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Palmyra-eagle HighF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Grange school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Grange 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 Grange against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Grange
Is La Grange a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Grange ranks 5,917th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on air quality and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Grange expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $384,052. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $102,255 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is La Grange safe?
Yes, La Grange is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
Compare La Grange with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Grange. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Grange 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 Grange detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Grange: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Grange: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Grange: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Grange: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Grange 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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