Best PlacesNew Lisbon, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Lisbon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Lisbon ranks 31,710th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Lisbon
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 Lisbon's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Lisbon ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute21.0 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of towns
Where New Lisbon ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Lisbon
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Lisbon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,266, 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 Lisbon's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 Lisbon
New Lisbon 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 Lisbon.
Who works in New Lisbon, and how
Work in New Lisbon centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Lisbon
New Lisbon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Lisbon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Lisbon, month by month
New Lisbon sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of New Lisbon
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Lisbon
Schools across New Lisbon average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Necedah ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- New Lisbon ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Olson MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Necedah MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Tomah HighD · 19% proficient
- New Lisbon Junior High/highD− · 17% proficient
- Mauston HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Lisbon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Lisbon 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 Lisbon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Lisbon
Is New Lisbon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Lisbon ranks 31,710th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Lisbon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,151. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $73,266 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is New Lisbon safe?
New Lisbon is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
Compare New Lisbon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Lisbon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Lisbon 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 Lisbon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Lisbon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Lisbon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Lisbon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Lisbon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Lisbon 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.