Best PlacesWittenberg, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wittenberg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wittenberg ranks 18,243rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wittenberg
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.
Wittenberg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wittenberg ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Wittenberg ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wittenberg
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wittenberg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,703, 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 Wittenberg's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wittenberg
Wittenberg 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 Wittenberg.
Who works in Wittenberg, and how
Work in Wittenberg centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wittenberg
Wittenberg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wittenberg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wittenberg, month by month
Wittenberg sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 39° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 54° |
| October | 57° | 45° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Wittenberg
The nearest airport, Central Wisconsin, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 144 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wittenberg
Schools across Wittenberg average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Birnamwood ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Wittenberg ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Rosholt ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rosholt MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Wittenberg-birnamwood HighC− · 30% proficient
- Rosholt HighD · 20% proficient
- Bowler HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wittenberg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wittenberg 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 Wittenberg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wittenberg
Is Wittenberg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wittenberg ranks 18,243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wittenberg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,158. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $64,703 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Wittenberg safe?
Yes, Wittenberg is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Wittenberg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wittenberg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wittenberg 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.
Wittenberg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wittenberg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wittenberg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wittenberg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wittenberg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wittenberg 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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