Best PlacesMenomonie, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Menomonie, 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.
Menomonie ranks 12,498th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Menomonie
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.
Menomonie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Menomonie ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
Where Menomonie ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Menomonie
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Menomonie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,630, 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 Menomonie's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Menomonie
Menomonie runs younger 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 Menomonie.
Who works in Menomonie, and how
Work in Menomonie centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Menomonie
Menomonie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Menomonie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Menomonie, month by month
Menomonie sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Menomonie
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Menomonie
Schools across Menomonie average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elmwood ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Mound View ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Caddie Woodlawn ElementaryB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elk Mound MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Elmwood MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Menomonie MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Menomonie HighB− · 43% proficient
- Colfax HighC · 33% proficient
- Elk Mound HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Menomonie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Menomonie 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 Menomonie against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Menomonie suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Menomonie
Is Menomonie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Menomonie ranks 12,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Menomonie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,006. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $67,630 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Menomonie safe?
Menomonie is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $305 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Menomonie?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 25 with lows near 10. That works out to about 87 pleasant days a year, more than 56% of towns.
Is Menomonie good for families?
Schools beat 61% of towns, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $948 a month.
Compare Menomonie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Menomonie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Menomonie 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.
Menomonie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Menomonie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Menomonie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Menomonie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Menomonie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Menomonie 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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