Best PlacesPresque Isle, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Presque Isle, 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.
Presque Isle ranks 16,065th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Presque Isle
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.
Presque Isle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Presque Isle ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Presque Isle ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Presque Isle
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Presque Isle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,758, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Presque Isle's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Presque Isle
Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle.
Who works in Presque Isle, and how
Work in Presque Isle centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Presque Isle
Presque Isle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Presque Isle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Presque Isle, month by month
Presque Isle sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 14° | 7° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 53° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Presque Isle
The nearest airport, Gogebic/Iron County, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 192 miles away.
The best schools in and around Presque Isle
Schools across Presque Isle average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Lakeland ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Hurley ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Hurley HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Lakeland HighC · 33% proficient
- Butternut HighC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Presque Isle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Presque Isle
Is Presque Isle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Presque Isle ranks 16,065th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on distance from a big city and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Presque Isle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,407. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $74,758 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Presque Isle safe?
Yes, Presque Isle is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Presque Isle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Presque Isle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Presque Isle 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.
Presque Isle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Presque Isle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Presque Isle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Presque Isle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Presque Isle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Presque Isle 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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