Best PlacesViroqua, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Viroqua, 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.
Viroqua ranks 9,276th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Viroqua
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.
Viroqua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Viroqua ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.5 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
Where Viroqua ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 35% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 40% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 42% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Viroqua
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Viroqua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,911, 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 Viroqua's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Viroqua
Viroqua runs older 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 Viroqua.
Who works in Viroqua, and how
Work in Viroqua centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Viroqua
Viroqua has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Viroqua and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Viroqua, month by month
Viroqua sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 63° |
| October | 58° | 49° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Viroqua
The nearest airport, La Crosse Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Viroqua
Schools across Viroqua average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Viroqua Area Montessori SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Viroqua ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Coon Valley ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Viroqua MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Westby MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- De Soto MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Laurel HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Viroqua HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Vernon County Area Better Futures HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Viroqua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Viroqua 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 Viroqua against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Viroqua
Is Viroqua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Viroqua ranks 9,276th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, 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 Viroqua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,148. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $75,911 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Viroqua safe?
Yes, Viroqua is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
Compare Viroqua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Viroqua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Viroqua 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.
Viroqua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Viroqua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Viroqua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Viroqua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Viroqua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Viroqua 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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