Best PlacesMount Horeb, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Horeb, 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.
Mount Horeb ranks 2,918th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Horeb
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.
Mount Horeb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Horeb ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
Where Mount Horeb ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,298 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Horeb
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Horeb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $105,480; 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 Mount Horeb's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 Mount Horeb
Mount Horeb's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Horeb.
Who works in Mount Horeb, and how
Work in Mount Horeb centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Mount Horeb
Mount Horeb has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mount Horeb and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mount Horeb, month by month
Mount Horeb sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 60° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Mount Horeb
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Horeb
Schools across Mount Horeb average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barneveld ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- New Glarus ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Mount Horeb IntermediateB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Horeb MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- New Glarus MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Wisconsin Heights MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Wisconsin Heights HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Mount Horeb HighC+ · 35% proficient
- New Glarus HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Horeb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Horeb
Is Mount Horeb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Horeb ranks 2,918th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Horeb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $416,457. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $105,480 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Mount Horeb safe?
Yes, Mount Horeb is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Horeb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Horeb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Horeb 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.
Mount Horeb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Horeb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Horeb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Horeb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Horeb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Horeb 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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