Best PlacesMonches, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monches, 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.
Monches ranks 4,163rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Monches
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.
Monches' strengths and weaknesses
Where Monches ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where Monches ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,197 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 36% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 36% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Monches
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monches home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,937, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Monches' effective rate of 0.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Monches
Monches runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Monches.
Who works in Monches, and how
Work in Monches centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Monches
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Monches.
What the weather is like in Monches, month by month
Monches sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 16° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Monches
General Mitchell International sits about 28 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 Monches
Schools across Monches average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Lake ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Erin ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Arrowhead HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Hartford HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Monches school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Monches 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 Monches against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Monches
Is Monches a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monches ranks 4,163rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Monches expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $449,158. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $97,937 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Monches safe?
Yes, Monches is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Monches with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monches. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monches 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.
Monches detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monches: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monches: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monches: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monches: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monches 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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