Best PlacesStoddard, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stoddard, 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.
Stoddard ranks 24,437th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stoddard
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.
Stoddard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stoddard ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Stoddard ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap childcare$910 a month, better than only 36% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 39% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stoddard
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stoddard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,207, 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 Stoddard's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stoddard
Stoddard 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 Stoddard.
Who works in Stoddard, and how
Work in Stoddard centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stoddard
Stoddard has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stoddard and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stoddard, month by month
Stoddard sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Stoddard
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stoddard
Schools across Stoddard average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Viroqua ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Stoddard ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Coon Valley ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Viroqua MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Westby MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- De Soto MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighC · 31% proficient
- Viroqua HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Westby HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stoddard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stoddard 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 Stoddard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stoddard
Is Stoddard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stoddard ranks 24,437th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stoddard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,530. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $71,207 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Stoddard safe?
Yes, Stoddard is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Stoddard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stoddard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stoddard 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.
Stoddard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stoddard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stoddard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stoddard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stoddard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stoddard 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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