Best PlacesShortville, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shortville, 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.
Shortville ranks 26,829th 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 Shortville
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.
Shortville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shortville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Shortville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shortville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shortville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,886, 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 Shortville's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shortville
Shortville 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 Shortville.
Who works in Shortville, and how
Work in Shortville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Shortville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shortville.
What the weather is like in Shortville, month by month
Shortville sees roughly 106 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 Shortville
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shortville
Schools across Shortville average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Granton ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Pittsville ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
- Neillsville ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Osseo-fairchild MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Neillsville MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln Jr/sr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Pittsville HighD− · 17% proficient
- Neillsville HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shortville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shortville 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 Shortville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shortville
Is Shortville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shortville ranks 26,829th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shortville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,580. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $63,886 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Shortville safe?
Yes, Shortville is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Shortville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shortville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shortville 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.
Shortville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shortville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shortville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shortville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shortville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shortville 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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