Best PlacesNew Berlin, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Berlin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Berlin ranks 251st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Berlin
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 Berlin's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Berlin ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of cities
Where New Berlin ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 27% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 31% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 33% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 35% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 35% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in New Berlin
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Berlin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,720, 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 Berlin's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 10 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 Berlin
New Berlin runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Berlin.
Who works in New Berlin, and how
Work in New Berlin centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in New Berlin
New Berlin has more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of New Berlin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Berlin, month by month
New Berlin sees roughly 95 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 New Berlin
General Mitchell International sits about 11 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 New Berlin
Schools across New Berlin average a B+, better than 75% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mill Valley ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Elmwood ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Denoon MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Horning MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Eisenhower Middle/highA− · 61% proficient
- Brookfield Central HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Muskego HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Berlin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Berlin 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 Berlin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who New Berlin suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 57% of cities and health care access beats 98%.
Common questions about living in New Berlin
Is New Berlin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Berlin ranks 251st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on walkability and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Berlin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $382,948. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $109,720 median income, cost of living beats 77% of cities.
Is New Berlin safe?
Yes, New Berlin is safer than 87% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in New Berlin?
July highs average about 80 degrees, and January highs near 28 with lows near 16. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of cities.
Is New Berlin good for families?
Schools beat 75% of cities, crime safety beats 87%, and childcare runs $1,303 a month.
Compare New Berlin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Berlin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Berlin 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 Berlin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Berlin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Berlin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Berlin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Berlin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Berlin 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.