Best PlacesMalone, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Malone, 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.
Malone ranks 7,412th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Malone
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.
Malone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Malone ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$103,750 median, better than 87% of towns
Where Malone ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 25% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Malone
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Malone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,750, 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 Malone's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Malone
Malone runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Malone.
Who works in Malone, and how
Work in Malone centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Malone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Malone.
What the weather is like in Malone, month by month
Malone sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Malone
The nearest airport, Appleton International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Malone
Schools across Malone average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elkhart Lake Elementary/middleA− · 60% proficient
- Lakeshore ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Zielanis ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiel MiddleA · 62% proficient
- New Holstein MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Chilton MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkhart Lake HighB · 50% proficient
- Fond Du Lac HighC · 33% proficient
- Chilton HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Malone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Malone 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 Malone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Malone
Is Malone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Malone ranks 7,412th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Malone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,555. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $103,750 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Malone safe?
Malone is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare Malone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Malone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Malone 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.
Malone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Malone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Malone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Malone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Malone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Malone 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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