Best PlacesNew Post, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Post, 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 Post ranks 22,963rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Post
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 Post's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Post ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
Where New Post ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Post
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Post home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,663, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Post's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Post
New Post 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 Post.
Who works in New Post, and how
Work in New Post centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Post
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Post.
What the weather is like in New Post, month by month
New Post sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of New Post
The nearest airport, Gogebic/Iron County, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Post
Schools across New Post average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hayward IntermediateB · 45% proficient
- Winter ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hayward MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Winter MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Hayward HighC · 33% proficient
- Winter HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Post school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Post 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 Post against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Post
Is New Post a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Post ranks 22,963rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and clean air, and lowest on empty homes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Post expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,389. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $54,663 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is New Post safe?
Yes, New Post is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare New Post with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Post. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Post 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 Post detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Post: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Post: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Post: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Post: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Post 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.