Best PlacesSugar Grove, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sugar Grove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sugar Grove ranks 35,863rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sugar Grove
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.
Sugar Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sugar Grove ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 125 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 68% of towns
Where Sugar Grove ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$56,570 median, better than only 21% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sugar Grove
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sugar Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,570, 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 Sugar Grove's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Sugar Grove
Sugar Grove runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sugar Grove.
Who works in Sugar Grove, and how
Work in Sugar Grove centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, 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 Sugar Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sugar Grove.
What the weather is like in Sugar Grove, month by month
Sugar Grove sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 63° |
| October | 58° | 49° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Sugar Grove
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sugar Grove
Schools across Sugar Grove average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kickapoo ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- North Crawford ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Richland Center Intermediate SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Farge MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Richland Center HighB− · 42% proficient
- Viroqua HighD+ · 25% proficient
- North Crawford HighF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sugar Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sugar Grove
Is Sugar Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sugar Grove ranks 35,863rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sugar Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,466. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $56,570 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Sugar Grove safe?
Sugar Grove is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Sugar Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sugar Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sugar Grove 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.
Sugar Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sugar Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sugar Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sugar Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sugar Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sugar Grove 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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