Best PlacesPraag, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Praag, 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.
Praag ranks 19,652nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Praag
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.
Praag's strengths and weaknesses
Where Praag ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
Where Praag ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Praag
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Praag home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,516, 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 Praag's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Praag
Praag 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 Praag.
Who works in Praag, and how
Work in Praag centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Praag
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Praag.
What the weather is like in Praag, month by month
Praag sees roughly 137 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° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Praag
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Praag
Schools across Praag average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilmanton ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Cochrane-fountain City ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Alma ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gilmanton MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Alma HighC− · 27% proficient
- Cochrane-fountain City HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Gilmanton HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Praag school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Praag 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 Praag against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Praag
Is Praag a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Praag ranks 19,652nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and the weather, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Praag expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,248. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $73,516 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Praag safe?
Praag is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Praag with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Praag. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Praag 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.
Praag detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Praag: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Praag: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Praag: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Praag: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Praag 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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