Best PlacesSlab City, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Slab City, 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.
Slab City ranks 15,253rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Slab City
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.
Slab City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Slab City ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Slab City ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 33% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Slab City
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Slab City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,044, 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 Slab City's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Slab City
Slab City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Slab City.
Who works in Slab City, and how
Work in Slab City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Slab City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Slab City.
What the weather is like in Slab City, month by month
Slab City sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 16° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Slab City
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Slab City
Schools across Slab City average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bonduel ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bonduel MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Shawano Community MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Bonduel HighC− · 30% proficient
- Shawano HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Slab City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Slab City 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 Slab City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Slab City
Is Slab City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Slab City ranks 15,253rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Slab City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,783. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $77,044 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Slab City safe?
Yes, Slab City is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Slab City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Slab City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Slab City 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.
Slab City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Slab City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Slab City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Slab City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Slab City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Slab City 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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