Best PlacesLiberty Pole, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Liberty Pole, 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.
Liberty Pole ranks 12,572nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Liberty Pole
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.
Liberty Pole's strengths and weaknesses
Where Liberty Pole ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Liberty Pole ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 35% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Liberty Pole
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Liberty Pole home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,614, 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 Liberty Pole's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Liberty Pole
Liberty Pole runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Liberty Pole.
Who works in Liberty Pole, and how
Work in Liberty Pole centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Liberty Pole
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Liberty Pole.
What the weather is like in Liberty Pole, month by month
Liberty Pole sees roughly 127 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 Liberty Pole
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Liberty Pole
Schools across Liberty Pole average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Viroqua ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Viroqua MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Viroqua HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Liberty Pole school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Liberty Pole 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 Liberty Pole against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Liberty Pole
Is Liberty Pole a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Liberty Pole ranks 12,572nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Liberty Pole expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,200. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $87,614 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Liberty Pole safe?
Yes, Liberty Pole is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Liberty Pole with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Liberty Pole. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Liberty Pole 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.
Liberty Pole detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Liberty Pole: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Liberty Pole: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Liberty Pole: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Liberty Pole: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Liberty Pole 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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