Best PlacesTosa East Towne, Wauwatosa, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa, 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.
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa ranks 203rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
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.
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 38% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 40% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 50% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,933, 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 Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa's effective rate of 1.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa runs younger 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 Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa.
Who works in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa, and how
Work in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa, month by month
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 18° |
| April | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
General Mitchell International sits about 10 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 Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
Schools across Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa average an A−, better than 86% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Roosevelt ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Wauwatosa Montessori SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Longfellow MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa 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 Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa
Is Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa ranks 203rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, few empty homes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on property taxes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,461. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $104,933 median income, cost of living beats 83% of neighborhoods.
Is Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa safe?
Yes, Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa is safer than 84% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa 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.
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tosa East Towne, Wauwatosa 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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