Best PlacesRiplinger, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Riplinger, 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.
Riplinger ranks 29,518th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Riplinger
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.
Riplinger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Riplinger ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 125 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Riplinger ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Riplinger
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Riplinger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,850, 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 Riplinger's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Riplinger
Riplinger runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Riplinger.
Who works in Riplinger, and how
Work in Riplinger centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Riplinger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Riplinger.
What the weather is like in Riplinger, month by month
Riplinger sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Riplinger
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Riplinger
Schools across Riplinger average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spencer ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Loyal ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Colby ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Loyal Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Colby MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Loyal HighD · 20% proficient
- Colby HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Riplinger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Riplinger 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 Riplinger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Riplinger
Is Riplinger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Riplinger ranks 29,518th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on education levels and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Riplinger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,349. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $70,850 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Riplinger safe?
Riplinger is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Riplinger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Riplinger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Riplinger 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.
Riplinger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Riplinger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Riplinger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Riplinger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Riplinger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Riplinger 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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