Best PlacesTigerton, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tigerton, 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.
Tigerton ranks 29,920th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tigerton
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.
Tigerton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tigerton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Tigerton ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tigerton
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tigerton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,760, 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 Tigerton's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tigerton
Tigerton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tigerton.
Who works in Tigerton, and how
Work in Tigerton centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Tigerton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tigerton.
What the weather is like in Tigerton, month by month
Tigerton sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Tigerton
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tigerton
Schools across Tigerton average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Iola-scandinavia ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Wittenberg ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Tigerton ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Iola-scandinavia HighC− · 30% proficient
- Wittenberg-birnamwood HighC− · 30% proficient
- Marion HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tigerton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tigerton 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 Tigerton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tigerton
Is Tigerton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tigerton ranks 29,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tigerton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,711. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $64,760 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Tigerton safe?
Tigerton is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Tigerton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tigerton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tigerton 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.
Tigerton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tigerton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tigerton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tigerton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tigerton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tigerton 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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