Best PlacesTrempealeau, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trempealeau, 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.
Trempealeau ranks 7,685th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trempealeau
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.
Trempealeau's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trempealeau ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Trempealeau ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 43% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trempealeau
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trempealeau home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,615, 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 Trempealeau's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Trempealeau
Trempealeau's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Trempealeau.
Who works in Trempealeau, and how
Work in Trempealeau centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Trempealeau
Trempealeau has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Trempealeau and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trempealeau, month by month
Trempealeau sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Trempealeau
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trempealeau
Schools across Trempealeau average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Trempealeau ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Washington-kosciusko ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Cochrane-fountain City ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Galesville-ettrick-trempealeau MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Holmen MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Holmen HighC− · 29% proficient
- Galesville-ettrick-trempealeau HighC− · 28% proficient
- Cochrane-fountain City HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trempealeau school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trempealeau
Is Trempealeau a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trempealeau ranks 7,685th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trempealeau expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,938. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $87,615 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Trempealeau safe?
Yes, Trempealeau is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Trempealeau with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trempealeau. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trempealeau 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.
Trempealeau detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trempealeau: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trempealeau: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trempealeau: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trempealeau: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trempealeau 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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