Best PlacesSplit Rock, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Split Rock, 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.
Split Rock ranks 31,773rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Split Rock
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.
Split Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Split Rock ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Split Rock ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Split Rock
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Split Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,683, 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 Split Rock's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Split Rock
Split Rock 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 Split Rock.
Who works in Split Rock, and how
Work in Split Rock 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 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Split Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Split Rock.
What the weather is like in Split Rock, month by month
Split Rock sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Split Rock
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Split Rock
Schools across Split Rock average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wittenberg ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Tigerton ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Marion ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Wittenberg-birnamwood HighC− · 30% proficient
- Marion HighC− · 27% proficient
- Rosholt HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Split Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Split Rock 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 Split Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Split Rock
Is Split Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Split Rock ranks 31,773rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Split Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,678. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $67,683 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Split Rock safe?
Yes, Split Rock is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare Split Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Split Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Split Rock 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.
Split Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Split Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Split Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Split Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Split Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Split Rock 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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