Best PlacesMarshfield, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marshfield, 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.
Marshfield ranks 6,563rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marshfield
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.
Marshfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marshfield ranks high
- Short commute15.6 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
Where Marshfield ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marshfield
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marshfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,526, 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 Marshfield's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marshfield
Marshfield 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 Marshfield.
Who works in Marshfield, and how
Work in Marshfield centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Marshfield
Marshfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Marshfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marshfield, month by month
Marshfield sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Marshfield
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 26 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 Marshfield
Schools across Marshfield average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nasonville ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Grant ElementaryA · 62% proficient
- Washington ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stratford MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Marshfield MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Wisconsin Rapids Area MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Marshfield HighB− · 43% proficient
- Stratford HighB− · 43% proficient
- Lincoln HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marshfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marshfield 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 Marshfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Marshfield suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 82% of towns and health care access beats 85%.
Common questions about living in Marshfield
Is Marshfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marshfield ranks 6,563rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marshfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,807. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $74,526 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Marshfield safe?
Yes, Marshfield is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Marshfield?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 25 with lows near 11. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of towns.
Is Marshfield good for families?
Schools beat 69% of towns, crime safety beats 67%, and childcare runs $1,055 a month.
Compare Marshfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marshfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marshfield 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.
Marshfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marshfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marshfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marshfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marshfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marshfield 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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