Best PlacesNew Franken, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Franken, 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 Franken ranks 5,401st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Franken
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 Franken's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Franken ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
Where New Franken ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Franken
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Franken home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,150, 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 Franken's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Franken
New Franken runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Franken.
Who works in New Franken, and how
Work in New Franken centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in New Franken
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Franken.
What the weather is like in New Franken, month by month
New Franken sees roughly 93 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 New Franken
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Franken
Schools across New Franken average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Leonardo Da Vinci School For Gifted LearnersA+ · 75% proficient
- Bay Harbor ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Luxemburg-casco MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Lineville IntermediateB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Bay Port HighC+ · 36% proficient
- Luxemburg-casco HighC · 32% proficient
- Preble HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Franken school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Franken 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 Franken against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Franken
Is New Franken a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Franken ranks 5,401st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise 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 Franken expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,362. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $98,150 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is New Franken safe?
Yes, New Franken is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare New Franken with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Franken. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Franken 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 Franken detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Franken: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Franken: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Franken: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Franken: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Franken 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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