Best PlacesPoniatowski, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Poniatowski, 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.
Poniatowski ranks 11,747th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Poniatowski
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.
Poniatowski's strengths and weaknesses
Where Poniatowski ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
Where Poniatowski ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Poniatowski
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poniatowski home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,044, 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 Poniatowski's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Poniatowski
Poniatowski runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Poniatowski.
Who works in Poniatowski, and how
Work in Poniatowski centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Poniatowski
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Poniatowski.
What the weather is like in Poniatowski, month by month
Poniatowski sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 9° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 32° |
| July | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Poniatowski
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 158 miles away.
The best schools in and around Poniatowski
Schools across Poniatowski average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marathon ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Edgar ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Athens ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edgar MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Athens MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Marathon HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Athens HighC− · 27% proficient
- Edgar HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poniatowski school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poniatowski 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 Poniatowski against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Poniatowski
Is Poniatowski a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poniatowski ranks 11,747th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on internet speeds and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Poniatowski expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,991. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $82,044 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Poniatowski safe?
Yes, Poniatowski is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Poniatowski with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poniatowski. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poniatowski 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.
Poniatowski detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poniatowski: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poniatowski: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poniatowski: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poniatowski: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poniatowski 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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