Best PlacesNew Amsterdam, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Amsterdam, 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.
New Amsterdam ranks 4,175th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Amsterdam
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.
New Amsterdam's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Amsterdam ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
Where New Amsterdam ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,239 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 29% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 30% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Amsterdam
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Amsterdam home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,468, 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 New Amsterdam's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Amsterdam.
Who works in New Amsterdam, and how
Work in New Amsterdam centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in New Amsterdam
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Amsterdam.
What the weather is like in New Amsterdam, month by month
New Amsterdam sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of New Amsterdam
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Amsterdam
Schools across New Amsterdam average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie View ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Evergreen ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Trempealeau ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Galesville-ettrick-trempealeau MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Holmen MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Holmen HighC− · 29% proficient
- Galesville-ettrick-trempealeau HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Amsterdam school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Amsterdam 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 New Amsterdam against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Amsterdam
Is New Amsterdam a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Amsterdam ranks 4,175th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and health care access, 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 New Amsterdam expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,868. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $103,468 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is New Amsterdam safe?
Yes, New Amsterdam is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare New Amsterdam with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Amsterdam. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Amsterdam 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.
New Amsterdam detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Amsterdam: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Amsterdam: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Amsterdam: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Amsterdam: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Amsterdam 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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