Best PlacesRhine, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rhine, 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.
Rhine ranks 5,087th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rhine
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.
Rhine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rhine ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute20.0 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of towns
Where Rhine ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rhine
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rhine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,611, 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 Rhine's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Rhine
Rhine 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 Rhine.
Who works in Rhine, and how
Work in Rhine centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rhine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rhine.
What the weather is like in Rhine, month by month
Rhine sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 17° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Rhine
The nearest airport, Appleton International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rhine
Schools across Rhine average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elkhart Lake Elementary/middleA− · 60% proficient
- Northview ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Zielanis ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiel MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Howards Grove MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkhart Lake HighB · 50% proficient
- Howards Grove HighC · 33% proficient
- Kiel HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rhine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rhine 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 Rhine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rhine
Is Rhine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rhine ranks 5,087th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on internet speeds and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rhine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $321,800. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $88,611 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Rhine safe?
Yes, Rhine is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare Rhine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rhine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rhine 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.
Rhine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rhine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rhine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rhine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rhine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rhine 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.