Best PlacesWhitelaw, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whitelaw, 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.
Whitelaw ranks 6,725th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whitelaw
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.
Whitelaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whitelaw ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Whitelaw ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whitelaw
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whitelaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,107, 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 Whitelaw's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Whitelaw
Whitelaw 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 Whitelaw.
Who works in Whitelaw, and how
Work in Whitelaw centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Whitelaw
Whitelaw has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Whitelaw and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Whitelaw, month by month
Whitelaw sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 52° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 80° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Whitelaw
The nearest airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whitelaw
Schools across Whitelaw average a C+, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elkhart Lake Elementary/middleA− · 60% proficient
- Denmark ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Zielanis ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiel MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Mishicot MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Denmark MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Elkhart Lake HighB · 50% proficient
- Valders HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Reedsville Jr/sr High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whitelaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whitelaw 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 Whitelaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whitelaw
Is Whitelaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whitelaw ranks 6,725th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whitelaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,408. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $81,107 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Whitelaw safe?
Yes, Whitelaw is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare Whitelaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whitelaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whitelaw 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.
Whitelaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whitelaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whitelaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whitelaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whitelaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whitelaw 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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