Best PlacesSummit Corners, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Summit Corners, 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.
Summit Corners ranks 1,361st 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 Summit Corners
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.
Summit Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Summit Corners ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$148,701 median, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
Where Summit Corners ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,299 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Summit Corners
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Summit Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $148,701; 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 Summit Corners' effective rate of 0.94%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Summit Corners
Summit Corners runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Summit Corners.
Who works in Summit Corners, and how
Work in Summit Corners centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Summit Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Summit Corners.
What the weather is like in Summit Corners, month by month
Summit Corners sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Summit Corners
General Mitchell International sits about 31 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 Summit Corners
Schools across Summit Corners average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Summit ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Wales ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Park Lawn ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kettle Moraine MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Silver Lake IntermediateA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Kettle Moraine HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Oconomowoc HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Summit Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Summit Corners 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 Summit Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Summit Corners
Is Summit Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Summit Corners ranks 1,361st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, 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 Summit Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $590,674. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $148,701 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Summit Corners safe?
Yes, Summit Corners is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Summit Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Summit Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Summit Corners 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.
Summit Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Summit Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Summit Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Summit Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Summit Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Summit Corners 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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