Best PlacesMenomonee Falls, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Menomonee Falls, 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.
Menomonee Falls ranks 229th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Menomonee Falls
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.
Menomonee Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Menomonee Falls ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of cities
Where Menomonee Falls ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 24% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 30% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 31% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 38% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Menomonee Falls
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Menomonee Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,100, 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 Menomonee Falls' effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Menomonee Falls.
Who works in Menomonee Falls, and how
Work in Menomonee Falls centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Menomonee Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Menomonee Falls, month by month
Menomonee Falls sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 18° |
| April | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Menomonee Falls
General Mitchell International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Menomonee Falls
Schools across Menomonee Falls average a B+, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Marcy ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Lannon ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Burleigh ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Templeton MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Pilgrim Park MiddleA · 64% proficient
- North MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Brookfield East HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Hamilton HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Menomonee Falls HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Menomonee Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Menomonee Falls 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 Menomonee Falls against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Menomonee Falls suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of cities and 17% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 59% of cities and health care access beats 96%.
Common questions about living in Menomonee Falls
Is Menomonee Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Menomonee Falls ranks 229th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Menomonee Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $382,403. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $109,100 median income, cost of living beats 74% of cities.
Is Menomonee Falls safe?
Yes, Menomonee Falls is safer than 92% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Menomonee Falls?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 30 with lows near 18. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of cities.
Is Menomonee Falls good for families?
Schools beat 72% of cities, crime safety beats 92%, and childcare runs $1,303 a month.
Compare Menomonee Falls with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Menomonee Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Menomonee Falls 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.
Menomonee Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Menomonee Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Menomonee Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Menomonee Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Menomonee Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Menomonee Falls 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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