Best PlacesOkee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Okee, 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.
Okee ranks 12,261st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Okee
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.
Okee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Okee ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$112,874 median, better than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
Where Okee ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Okee
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Okee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $112,874; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Okee's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Okee
Okee 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 Okee.
Who works in Okee, and how
Work in Okee centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Okee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Okee.
What the weather is like in Okee, month by month
Okee sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Okee
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Okee
Schools across Okee average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Poynette ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Merrimac CommunityB− · 43% proficient
- Lodi ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Poynette MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Lodi MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Sauk Prairie MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Lodi HighB− · 45% proficient
- Poynette HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Sauk Prairie HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Okee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Okee 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 Okee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Okee
Is Okee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Okee ranks 12,261st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, high incomes, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Okee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $411,893. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $112,874 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Okee safe?
Yes, Okee is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Okee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Okee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Okee 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.
Okee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Okee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Okee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Okee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Okee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Okee 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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