Best PlacesLinton, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Linton, 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.
Linton ranks 9,211th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Linton
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.
Linton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Linton ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Linton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Linton
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Linton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,184, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Linton's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Linton
Linton's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Linton.
Who works in Linton, and how
Work in Linton centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Linton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Linton.
What the weather is like in Linton, month by month
Linton sees roughly 68 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 Linton
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Linton
Schools across Linton average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reek ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Woods ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Traver ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Badger HighC− · 30% proficient
- Big Foot HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Linton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Linton 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 Linton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Linton
Is Linton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Linton ranks 9,211th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Linton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $526,492. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $81,184 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Linton safe?
Yes, Linton is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $141 per resident a year.
Compare Linton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Linton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Linton 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.
Linton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Linton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Linton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Linton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Linton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Linton 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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