Best PlacesPotter Lake, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Potter Lake, 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.
Potter Lake ranks 3,872nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Potter Lake
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.
Potter Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Potter Lake ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
Where Potter Lake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,061 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Potter Lake
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Potter Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,265, 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 Potter Lake's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 Potter Lake
Potter Lake's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Potter Lake.
Who works in Potter Lake, and how
Work in Potter Lake centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Potter Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Potter Lake.
What the weather is like in Potter Lake, month by month
Potter Lake sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Potter Lake
General Mitchell International sits about 25 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 Potter Lake
Schools across Potter Lake average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eagleville Charter SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Prairie View ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Park View MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- East Troy MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Mukwonago HighC+ · 38% proficient
- East Troy HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Potter Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Potter Lake 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 Potter Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Potter Lake
Is Potter Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Potter Lake ranks 3,872nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and health care access, 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 Potter Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,783. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $117,265 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Potter Lake safe?
Yes, Potter Lake is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $123 per resident a year.
Compare Potter Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Potter Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Potter Lake 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.
Potter Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Potter Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Potter Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Potter Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Potter Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Potter Lake 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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