Best PlacesNew Miner, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Miner, 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 Miner ranks 37,717th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Miner
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 Miner's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Miner ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where New Miner ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Miner
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Miner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,785, 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 Miner's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 5 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 Miner
New Miner 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 Miner.
Who works in New Miner, and how
Work in New Miner centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Miner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Miner.
What the weather is like in New Miner, month by month
New Miner sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of New Miner
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Miner
Schools across New Miner average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Necedah ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Humke ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Necedah MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Alexander MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Nekoosa HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Tomah HighD · 19% proficient
- Necedah HighF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Miner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Miner 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 Miner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Miner
Is New Miner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Miner ranks 37,717th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and the weather, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Miner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,351. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $62,785 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is New Miner safe?
New Miner is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $360 per resident a year.
Compare New Miner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Miner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Miner 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 Miner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Miner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Miner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Miner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Miner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Miner 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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