Best PlacesRib Mountain, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rib Mountain, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rib Mountain ranks 4,730th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rib Mountain
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.
Rib Mountain's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rib Mountain ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
Where Rib Mountain ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rib Mountain
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rib Mountain home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,487, 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 Rib Mountain's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rib Mountain
Rib Mountain 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 Rib Mountain.
Who works in Rib Mountain, and how
Work in Rib Mountain centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rib Mountain
Rib Mountain has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rib Mountain and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rib Mountain, month by month
Rib Mountain sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 12° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Rib Mountain
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rib Mountain
Schools across Rib Mountain average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rib Mountain ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- South Mountain ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Stettin ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- John Muir MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- West HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rib Mountain school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rib Mountain 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 Rib Mountain against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rib Mountain
Is Rib Mountain a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rib Mountain ranks 4,730th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rib Mountain expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,833. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $87,487 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Rib Mountain safe?
Yes, Rib Mountain is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Rib Mountain with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rib Mountain. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rib Mountain 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.
Rib Mountain detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rib Mountain: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rib Mountain: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rib Mountain: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rib Mountain: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rib Mountain 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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