Best PlacesSpringstead, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Springstead, 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.
Springstead ranks 34,453rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Springstead
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.
Springstead's strengths and weaknesses
Where Springstead ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Springstead ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Springstead
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Springstead home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,097, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Springstead's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Springstead
Springstead 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 Springstead.
Who works in Springstead, and how
Work in Springstead 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 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Springstead
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Springstead.
What the weather is like in Springstead, month by month
Springstead sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 14° | 7° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 53° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Springstead
The nearest airport, Gogebic/Iron County, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 168 miles away.
The best schools in and around Springstead
Schools across Springstead average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Park Falls ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Lac Du Flambeau ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chequamegon MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Phillips MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeland HighC · 33% proficient
- Chequamegon HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Springstead school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Springstead 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 Springstead against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Springstead
Is Springstead a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Springstead ranks 34,453rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, 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 Springstead expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,843. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $63,097 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Springstead safe?
Springstead is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $322 per resident a year.
Compare Springstead with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Springstead. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Springstead 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.
Springstead detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Springstead: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Springstead: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Springstead: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Springstead: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Springstead 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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