Best PlacesLac La Belle, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lac La Belle, 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.
Lac La Belle ranks 3,541st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lac La Belle
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.
Lac La Belle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lac La Belle ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Lac La Belle ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,231 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lac La Belle
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lac La Belle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,279, 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 Lac La Belle's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lac La Belle
Lac La Belle 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 Lac La Belle.
Who works in Lac La Belle, and how
Work in Lac La Belle centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lac La Belle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lac La Belle.
What the weather is like in Lac La Belle, month by month
Lac La Belle sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Lac La Belle
General Mitchell International sits about 34 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 Lac La Belle
Schools across Lac La Belle average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meadow View ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Greenland ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Park Lawn ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Silver Lake IntermediateA− · 52% proficient
- Nature Hill IntermediateB+ · 51% proficient
- Riverside MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Oconomowoc HighB− · 42% proficient
- Watertown HighD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lac La Belle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lac La Belle 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 Lac La Belle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lac La Belle
Is Lac La Belle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lac La Belle ranks 3,541st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lac La Belle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $402,283. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $112,279 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Lac La Belle safe?
Yes, Lac La Belle is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Lac La Belle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lac La Belle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lac La Belle 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.
Lac La Belle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lac La Belle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lac La Belle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lac La Belle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lac La Belle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lac La Belle 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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