Best PlacesLeipsig, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leipsig, 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.
Leipsig ranks 8,072nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leipsig
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.
Leipsig's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leipsig ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Leipsig ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leipsig
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leipsig home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,811, 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 Leipsig's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Leipsig
Leipsig runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leipsig.
Who works in Leipsig, and how
Work in Leipsig centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Leipsig
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leipsig.
What the weather is like in Leipsig, month by month
Leipsig sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 36° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Leipsig
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leipsig
Schools across Leipsig average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dodgeland ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Jefferson ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beaver Dam MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Columbus MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Dodgeland MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbus HighC− · 28% proficient
- Randolph HighC− · 27% proficient
- Beaver Dam HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leipsig school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leipsig 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 Leipsig against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leipsig
Is Leipsig a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leipsig ranks 8,072nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leipsig expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,207. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $97,811 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Leipsig safe?
Yes, Leipsig is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Leipsig with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leipsig. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leipsig 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.
Leipsig detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leipsig: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leipsig: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leipsig: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leipsig: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leipsig 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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