Best PlacesNewbold, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newbold, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Newbold ranks 15,493rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Newbold
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.
Newbold's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newbold ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute20.6 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
Where Newbold ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newbold
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newbold home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,605, 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 Newbold's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 Newbold
Newbold 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 Newbold.
Who works in Newbold, and how
Work in Newbold centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Newbold
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Newbold.
What the weather is like in Newbold, month by month
Newbold sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Newbold
The nearest airport, Rhinelander/Oneida County, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 190 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newbold
Schools across Newbold average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crescent ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Pelican ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- James Williams MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Rhinelander HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newbold school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newbold 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 Newbold against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newbold
Is Newbold a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newbold ranks 15,493rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on distance from a big city and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newbold expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,217. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $74,605 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Newbold safe?
Yes, Newbold is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Newbold with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newbold. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newbold 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.
Newbold detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newbold: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newbold: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newbold: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newbold: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newbold 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.