Best PlacesTroy Center, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Troy Center, 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.
Troy Center ranks 3,394th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Troy Center
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.
Troy Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Troy Center ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Troy Center ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,086 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Troy Center
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Troy Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $106,729; 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 Troy Center's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Troy Center
Troy Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Troy Center.
Who works in Troy Center, and how
Work in Troy Center centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Troy Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Troy Center.
What the weather is like in Troy Center, month by month
Troy Center sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Troy Center
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 Troy Center
Schools across Troy Center average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie View ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Eagle ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Troy MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Palmyra-eagle MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- East Troy HighC · 33% proficient
- Palmyra-eagle HighF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Troy Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Troy Center 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 Troy Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Troy Center
Is Troy Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Troy Center ranks 3,394th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on air quality and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Troy Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $398,266. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $106,729 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Troy Center safe?
Yes, Troy Center is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Troy Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Troy Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Troy Center 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.
Troy Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Troy Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Troy Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Troy Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Troy Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Troy Center 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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