Best PlacesStockholm, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stockholm, 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.
Stockholm ranks 23,168th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stockholm
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.
Stockholm's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stockholm ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Stockholm ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Short commute29.3 minutes each way, better than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stockholm
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stockholm home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,074; 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 Stockholm's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Stockholm
Stockholm 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 Stockholm.
Who works in Stockholm, and how
Work in Stockholm centers on education and manufacturing. 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 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Stockholm
Stockholm has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stockholm and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stockholm, month by month
Stockholm sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Stockholm
The nearest airport, Rochester International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stockholm
Schools across Stockholm average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ellsworth ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Pepin ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Plum City ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ellsworth MiddleB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln SecondaryB− · 42% proficient
- Ellsworth HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Pepin HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stockholm school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stockholm 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 Stockholm against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stockholm
Is Stockholm a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stockholm ranks 23,168th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stockholm expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,592. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $85,074 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Stockholm safe?
Yes, Stockholm is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Stockholm with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stockholm. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stockholm 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.
Stockholm detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stockholm: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stockholm: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stockholm: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stockholm: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stockholm 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.