Best PlacesLark, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lark, 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.
Lark ranks 3,370th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lark
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.
Lark's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lark ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Lark ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,301 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lark
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lark home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,696, 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 Lark's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Lark
Lark runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lark.
Who works in Lark, and how
Work in Lark centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. 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 Lark
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lark.
What the weather is like in Lark, month by month
Lark sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Lark
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lark
Schools across Lark average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Susie C Altmayer ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Denmark ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Foxview IntermediateA− · 56% proficient
- Denmark MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- De Pere HighB− · 40% proficient
- Denmark HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lark school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lark 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 Lark against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lark
Is Lark a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lark ranks 3,370th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on childcare costs and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lark expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,473. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $99,696 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Lark safe?
Yes, Lark is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Lark with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lark. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lark 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.
Lark detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lark: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lark: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lark: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lark: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lark 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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