Best PlacesMequon, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mequon, 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.
Mequon ranks 495th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Mequon
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.
Mequon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mequon ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$145,947 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Mequon ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mequon
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mequon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $145,947; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Mequon's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Mequon
Mequon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mequon.
Who works in Mequon, and how
Work in Mequon centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mequon
Mequon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mequon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mequon, month by month
Mequon sees roughly 97 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 Mequon
General Mitchell International sits about 20 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 Mequon
Schools across Mequon average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Donges Bay ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Oriole Lane ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Wilson ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Shore MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Steffen MiddleA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Homestead HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mequon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mequon 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 Mequon against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Mequon suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 26% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 66% of towns and health care access beats 99%.
Common questions about living in Mequon
Is Mequon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mequon ranks 495th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mequon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $541,022. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $145,947 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Mequon safe?
Yes, Mequon is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mequon?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 30 with lows near 18. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of towns.
Is Mequon good for families?
Schools beat 86% of towns, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,055 a month.
Compare Mequon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mequon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mequon 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.
Mequon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mequon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mequon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mequon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mequon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mequon 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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