Best PlacesPrice County, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Price County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Price County ranks 2,129th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Price County
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.
Price County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Price County ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of counties
Where Price County ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Price County
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Price County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,347, 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 Price County's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Price County
Price County 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 Price County.
Who works in Price County, and how
Work in Price County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. 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 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Price County
Price County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of counties and more parkland per resident than 99% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Price County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Price County growing, and who is moving in?
Price County has grown about 3% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Ashland County, WI.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Price County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Price County, month by month
Price County sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 56° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Price County
The nearest airport, Rhinelander/Oneida County, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Price County
Schools across Price County average a C, better than 31% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Rib Lake ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Prentice ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Butternut ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rib Lake MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Prentice MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Chequamegon MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Phillips HighC− · 27% proficient
- Class Act CharterD+ · 25% proficient
- Prentice HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Price County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Price County 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 Price County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Price County
Is Price County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Price County ranks 2,129th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on empty homes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Price County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,449. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $59,347 median income, cost of living beats 25% of counties.
Is Price County safe?
Price County is safer than 34% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Price County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Price County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Price County 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.
Price County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Price County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Price County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Price County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Price County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Price County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.