Best PlacesNew Holstein, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Holstein, 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 Holstein ranks 19,411th 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 Holstein
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 Holstein's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Holstein ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
Where New Holstein ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 25% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Holstein
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Holstein home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,527, 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 Holstein's effective rate of 1.23%, 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 Holstein
New Holstein 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 Holstein.
Who works in New Holstein, and how
Work in New Holstein 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 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in New Holstein
New Holstein has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Holstein and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Holstein, month by month
New Holstein sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 17° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of New Holstein
The nearest airport, Appleton International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Holstein
Schools across New Holstein average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hilbert ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Zielanis ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- New Holstein ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiel MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Stockbridge MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Hilbert MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Hilbert HighC− · 27% proficient
- Chilton HighC− · 27% proficient
- Stockbridge HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Holstein school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Holstein 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 Holstein against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Holstein
Is New Holstein a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Holstein ranks 19,411th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise 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 Holstein expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,594. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $75,527 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is New Holstein safe?
New Holstein is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $389 per resident a year.
Compare New Holstein with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Holstein. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Holstein 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 Holstein detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Holstein: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Holstein: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Holstein: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Holstein: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Holstein 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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