Best PlacesSheldon, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sheldon, 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.
Sheldon ranks 30,756th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sheldon
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.
Sheldon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sheldon ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Sheldon ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 22% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sheldon
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sheldon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,037, 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 Sheldon's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sheldon
Sheldon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sheldon.
Who works in Sheldon, and how
Work in Sheldon centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sheldon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sheldon.
What the weather is like in Sheldon, month by month
Sheldon sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 9° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Sheldon
The nearest airport, Chippewa Valley Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sheldon
Schools across Sheldon average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stanley ElementaryA− · 55% proficient
- Gilman ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Flambeau ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stanley-boyd MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Cornell MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Flambeau MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Stanley-boyd HighD · 20% proficient
- Gilman HighD · 18% proficient
- Flambeau HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sheldon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sheldon 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 Sheldon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sheldon
Is Sheldon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sheldon ranks 30,756th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on education levels and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sheldon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,937. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $69,037 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Sheldon safe?
Yes, Sheldon is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Sheldon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sheldon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sheldon 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.
Sheldon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sheldon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sheldon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sheldon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sheldon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sheldon 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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