Best PlacesNew Fane, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Fane, 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 Fane ranks 4,769th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Fane
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 Fane's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Fane ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$104,410 median, better than 87% of towns
Where New Fane ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Fane
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Fane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,410, 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 Fane's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 New Fane
New Fane runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Fane.
Who works in New Fane, and how
Work in New Fane centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in New Fane
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Fane.
What the weather is like in New Fane, month by month
New Fane sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 17° |
| April | 55° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 42° |
Flying in and out of New Fane
General Mitchell International sits about 45 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 Fane
Schools across New Fane average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Farmington ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Kewaskum ElementaryA · 66% proficient
- Campbellsport ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kewaskum MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Random Lake MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Campbellsport MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Random Lake HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Kewaskum HighC · 33% proficient
- Campbellsport HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Fane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Fane 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 Fane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Fane
Is New Fane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Fane ranks 4,769th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes 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 Fane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $311,199. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $104,410 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is New Fane safe?
Yes, New Fane is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare New Fane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Fane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Fane 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 Fane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Fane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Fane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Fane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Fane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Fane 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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