Best PlacesPewaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pewaukee, 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.
Pewaukee ranks 417th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pewaukee
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.
Pewaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pewaukee ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of cities
Where Pewaukee ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 21% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 29% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Pewaukee
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pewaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $112,449; 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 Pewaukee's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Pewaukee
Pewaukee 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 Pewaukee.
Who works in Pewaukee, and how
Work in Pewaukee centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pewaukee
Pewaukee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pewaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pewaukee, month by month
Pewaukee sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 16° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Pewaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pewaukee
Schools across Pewaukee average a B+, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Country SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Maple Avenue ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Richmond ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Shore MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Merton IntermediateA · 66% proficient
- Templeton MiddleA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Arrowhead HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Kettle Moraine HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Brookfield East HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pewaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pewaukee 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 Pewaukee against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Pewaukee suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 79% of cities and 21% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 59% of cities and health care access beats 99%.
Common questions about living in Pewaukee
Is Pewaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pewaukee ranks 417th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pewaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $453,155. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $112,449 median income, cost of living beats 79% of cities.
Is Pewaukee safe?
Yes, Pewaukee is safer than 72% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pewaukee?
July highs average about 80 degrees, and January highs near 28 with lows near 16. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of cities.
Is Pewaukee good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,303 a month.
Compare Pewaukee with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pewaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pewaukee 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.
Pewaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pewaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pewaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pewaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pewaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pewaukee 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.