Best PlacesPlover, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plover, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Plover ranks 5,780th 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 Plover
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.
Plover's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plover ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
Where Plover ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 35% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plover
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,738, 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 Plover's effective rate of 1.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Plover
Plover's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Plover.
Who works in Plover, and how
Work in Plover centers on manufacturing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Plover
Plover has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Plover and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plover, month by month
Plover sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 58° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Plover
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Plover
Schools across Plover average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bannach ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Mcdill ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Amherst ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amherst MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin Junior HighB− · 42% proficient
- P J Jacobs Junior HighB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln HighC · 34% proficient
- Stevens Point Area Senior HighC · 31% proficient
- Amherst HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plover 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 Plover against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plover
Is Plover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plover ranks 5,780th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,044. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $85,738 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Plover safe?
Yes, Plover is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Plover with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plover 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.
Plover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plover 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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