Best PlacesWiota, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wiota, 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.
Wiota ranks 10,910th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wiota
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.
Wiota's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wiota ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Household income$96,143 median, better than 82% of towns
Where Wiota ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wiota
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wiota home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,143, 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 Wiota's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Wiota
Wiota runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wiota.
Who works in Wiota, and how
Work in Wiota centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wiota
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wiota.
What the weather is like in Wiota, month by month
Wiota sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 61° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Wiota
The nearest airport, Dubuque Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wiota
Schools across Wiota average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Darlington Elementary/middleB · 48% proficient
- Black Hawk ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Black Hawk MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Darlington HighC− · 30% proficient
- Black Hawk HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wiota school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wiota 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 Wiota against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wiota
Is Wiota a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wiota ranks 10,910th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and what local pay buys, and lowest on internet speeds and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wiota expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,569. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $96,143 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Wiota safe?
Yes, Wiota is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Wiota with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wiota. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wiota 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.
Wiota detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wiota: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wiota: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wiota: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wiota: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wiota 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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