Best PlacesWitwen, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Witwen, 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.
Witwen ranks 13,185th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Witwen
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.
Witwen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Witwen ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$100,591 median, better than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Witwen ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Witwen
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Witwen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,591, 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 Witwen's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Witwen
Witwen runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Witwen.
Who works in Witwen, and how
Work in Witwen centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Witwen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Witwen.
What the weather is like in Witwen, month by month
Witwen sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Witwen
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Witwen
Schools across Witwen average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tower Rock ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sauk Prairie MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Sauk Prairie HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Witwen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Witwen 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 Witwen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Witwen
Is Witwen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Witwen ranks 13,185th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Witwen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $342,752. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $100,591 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Witwen safe?
Yes, Witwen is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Witwen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Witwen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Witwen 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.
Witwen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Witwen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Witwen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Witwen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Witwen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Witwen 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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