Best PlacesSturtevant, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sturtevant, 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.
Sturtevant ranks 6,734th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sturtevant
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.
Sturtevant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sturtevant ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
Where Sturtevant ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sturtevant
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sturtevant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,895, 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 Sturtevant's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sturtevant
Sturtevant's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sturtevant.
Who works in Sturtevant, and how
Work in Sturtevant 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 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Sturtevant
Sturtevant has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sturtevant and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sturtevant, month by month
Sturtevant sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 20° |
| April | 55° | 45° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 62° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Sturtevant
General Mitchell International sits about 17 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 Sturtevant
Schools across Sturtevant average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yorkville ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Paris ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Somers ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bullen MiddleD · 19% proficient
- Starbuck - An Ib World SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Union Grove HighC · 33% proficient
- Case HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sturtevant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sturtevant 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 Sturtevant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sturtevant
Is Sturtevant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sturtevant ranks 6,734th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sturtevant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,345. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $99,895 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Sturtevant safe?
Yes, Sturtevant is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Sturtevant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sturtevant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sturtevant 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.
Sturtevant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sturtevant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sturtevant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sturtevant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sturtevant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sturtevant 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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