Best PlacesNye, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nye, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Nye ranks 6,217th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Nye
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.
Nye's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nye ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of towns
Where Nye ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nye
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nye home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,250, 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 Nye's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 Nye
Nye runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nye.
Who works in Nye, and how
Work in Nye centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Nye
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nye.
What the weather is like in Nye, month by month
Nye sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Nye
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 42 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Nye
Schools across Nye average a B+, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saint Croix Falls ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Osceola MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Saint Croix Falls MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Saint Croix Falls HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Osceola HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nye school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nye 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 Nye against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nye
Is Nye a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nye ranks 6,217th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nye expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,867. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $97,250 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Nye safe?
Yes, Nye is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $156 per resident a year.
Compare Nye with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nye. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nye 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.
Nye detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nye: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nye: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nye: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nye: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nye 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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