Best PlacesSpring Green, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Green, 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.
Spring Green ranks 9,344th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Green
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.
Spring Green's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Green ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Spring Green ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,045 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Green
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Green home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,976, 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 Spring Green's effective rate of 1.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spring Green
Spring Green 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 Spring Green.
Who works in Spring Green, and how
Work in Spring Green centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Spring Green
Spring Green has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Spring Green and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring Green, month by month
Spring Green sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Spring Green
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring Green
Schools across Spring Green average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tower Rock ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- River Valley ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Dodgeville ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dodgeville MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Sauk Prairie MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- River Valley MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- River Valley HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Sauk Prairie HighC · 34% proficient
- Dodgeville HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Green school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Green 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 Spring Green against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Green
Is Spring Green a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Green ranks 9,344th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Green expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,380. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $86,976 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Spring Green safe?
Yes, Spring Green is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Green with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Green. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Green 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.
Spring Green detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Green: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Green: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Green: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Green: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Green 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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