Best PlacesMurphy Corner, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Murphy Corner, 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.
Murphy Corner ranks 2,854th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Murphy Corner
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.
Murphy Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Murphy Corner ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Murphy Corner ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Murphy Corner
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Murphy Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,188, 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 Murphy Corner's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Murphy Corner
Murphy Corner runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Murphy Corner.
Who works in Murphy Corner, and how
Work in Murphy Corner centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Murphy Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Murphy Corner.
What the weather is like in Murphy Corner, month by month
Murphy Corner sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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 | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Murphy Corner
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Murphy Corner
Schools across Murphy Corner average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wrightstown ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Freedom ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Park Community Charter SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wrightstown MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- River View SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Freedom MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Wrightstown HighB · 48% proficient
- Freedom HighC · 32% proficient
- Kaukauna HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Murphy Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Murphy Corner 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 Murphy Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Murphy Corner
Is Murphy Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Murphy Corner ranks 2,854th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Murphy Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $366,225. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $110,188 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Murphy Corner safe?
Yes, Murphy Corner is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
Compare Murphy Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Murphy Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Murphy Corner 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.
Murphy Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Murphy Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Murphy Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Murphy Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Murphy Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Murphy Corner 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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