Best PlacesMarinette, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marinette, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Marinette ranks 22,255th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Marinette
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.
Marinette's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marinette ranks high
- Short commute14.1 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Marinette ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marinette
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marinette home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,952, 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 Marinette's effective rate of 1.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marinette
Marinette 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 Marinette.
Who works in Marinette, and how
Work in Marinette centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Marinette
Marinette has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Marinette and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marinette, month by month
Marinette sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 51° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Marinette
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 148 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marinette
Schools across Marinette average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peshtigo ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Marinette PrimaryC− · 30% proficient
- Marinette IntermediateC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wausaukee MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Menominee Jr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Marinette MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Menominee High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Peshtigo HighD · 22% proficient
- Marinette HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marinette school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marinette 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 Marinette against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marinette
Is Marinette a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marinette ranks 22,255th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on a weak job market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marinette expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,038. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $67,952 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Marinette safe?
Marinette is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Marinette with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marinette. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marinette 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.
Marinette detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marinette: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marinette: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marinette: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marinette: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marinette 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.