Best PlacesWausaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wausaukee, 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.
Wausaukee ranks 30,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wausaukee
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.
Wausaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wausaukee ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Wausaukee ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wausaukee
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wausaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,141, 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 Wausaukee's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Wausaukee
Wausaukee 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 Wausaukee.
Who works in Wausaukee, and how
Work in Wausaukee centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wausaukee
Wausaukee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wausaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wausaukee, month by month
Wausaukee sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 51° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Wausaukee
The nearest airport, Ford, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wausaukee
Schools across Wausaukee average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peshtigo ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Crivitz ElementaryC · 34% proficient
- Wausaukee ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crivitz MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Wausaukee MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Peshtigo MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Crivitz HighB− · 43% proficient
- Peshtigo HighD · 22% proficient
- Wausaukee HighF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wausaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wausaukee 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 Wausaukee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wausaukee
Is Wausaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wausaukee ranks 30,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on empty homes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wausaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,582. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $61,141 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Wausaukee safe?
Yes, Wausaukee is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
Compare Wausaukee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wausaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wausaukee 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.
Wausaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wausaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wausaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wausaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wausaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wausaukee 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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