Best PlacesPulaski, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pulaski, 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.
Pulaski ranks 6,946th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pulaski
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.
Pulaski's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pulaski ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
Where Pulaski ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,140 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pulaski
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pulaski home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,122, 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 Pulaski's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Pulaski
Pulaski runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pulaski.
Who works in Pulaski, and how
Work in Pulaski centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pulaski
Pulaski has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pulaski and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pulaski, month by month
Pulaski sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 22° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pulaski
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pulaski
Schools across Pulaski average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glenbrook ElementaryB+ · 50% proficient
- Lannoye ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Sunnyside ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pulaski Community MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Bonduel MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Seymour MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Pulaski HighB− · 45% proficient
- Bonduel HighC− · 30% proficient
- Seymour HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pulaski school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pulaski 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 Pulaski against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pulaski
Is Pulaski a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pulaski ranks 6,946th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and few empty homes, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Pulaski expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,364. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $86,122 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Pulaski safe?
Yes, Pulaski is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Pulaski with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pulaski. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pulaski 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.
Pulaski detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pulaski: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pulaski: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pulaski: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pulaski: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pulaski 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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