Best PlacesLittle Rapids, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Rapids, 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.
Little Rapids ranks 3,432nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Little Rapids
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.
Little Rapids' strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Rapids ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Little Rapids ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,206 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Rapids
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Rapids home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $102,915; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Little Rapids' effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Little Rapids
Little Rapids runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Little Rapids.
Who works in Little Rapids, and how
Work in Little Rapids centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Little Rapids
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Little Rapids.
What the weather is like in Little Rapids, month by month
Little Rapids sees roughly 93 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 Little Rapids
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Rapids
Schools across Little Rapids average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Susie C Altmayer ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Wrightstown ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Hemlock Creek ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Foxview IntermediateA− · 56% proficient
- Wrightstown MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- West De Pere MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Wrightstown HighB · 48% proficient
- West De Pere HighB− · 45% proficient
- De Pere HighB− · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Rapids school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Rapids 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 Little Rapids against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Rapids
Is Little Rapids a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Rapids ranks 3,432nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Rapids expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $384,201. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $102,915 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Little Rapids safe?
Yes, Little Rapids is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Little Rapids with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Rapids. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Rapids 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.
Little Rapids detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Rapids: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Rapids: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Rapids: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Rapids: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Rapids 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.