Best PlacesSpring Prairie, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Prairie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Spring Prairie ranks 8,968th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Prairie
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 Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Prairie ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
Where Spring Prairie ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Prairie
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $100,432; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Prairie's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Prairie
Spring Prairie 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 Prairie.
Who works in Spring Prairie, and how
Work in Spring Prairie centers on admin & support services and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Spring Prairie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spring Prairie.
What the weather is like in Spring Prairie, month by month
Spring Prairie sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Spring Prairie
General Mitchell International sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Spring Prairie
Schools across Spring Prairie average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tibbets ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Prairie View ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Jackson ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elkhorn Area MiddleB · 44% proficient
- East Troy MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkhorn Area HighB− · 41% proficient
- East Troy HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Prairie 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 Prairie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Prairie
Is Spring Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Prairie ranks 8,968th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on air quality and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,193. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $100,432 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Spring Prairie safe?
Spring Prairie is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $515 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Prairie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Prairie 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 Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Prairie 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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