Best PlacesRingle, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ringle, 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.
Ringle ranks 6,620th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ringle
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.
Ringle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ringle ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Ringle ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ringle
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ringle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,311, 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 Ringle's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Ringle
Ringle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ringle.
Who works in Ringle, and how
Work in Ringle centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ringle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ringle.
What the weather is like in Ringle, month by month
Ringle 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 Ringle
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 157 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ringle
Schools across Ringle average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverside ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Birnamwood ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Hatley ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Horace Mann MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- D C Everest MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Antigo MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Wittenberg-birnamwood HighC− · 30% proficient
- D C Everest HighC− · 29% proficient
- East HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ringle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ringle 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 Ringle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ringle
Is Ringle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ringle ranks 6,620th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ringle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,942. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $91,311 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Ringle safe?
Yes, Ringle is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Ringle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ringle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ringle 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.
Ringle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ringle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ringle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ringle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ringle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ringle 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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