The 100 Best Places To Live In Wisconsin Ranked

MILWAUKEE, WI — The Village of Whitefish Bay is the best place to live in Wisconsin, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Whitefish Bay, along with 24 other Wisconsin communities, received an A+ grade on Niche’s rankings of best places to live for 2018.

The rankings of best places to live awarded grades from A+ to D- to communities across the state. The top 100 communities in Wisconsin received grades of between A+ and A-, with 24 communities getting an A+ grade, 48 communities receiving an A grade and 28 communities receiving a grade of A-.

To calculate the rankings and assign grades to communities, Niche looks at factors like the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche gets its data from government sources like the Department of Education, the FBI and the U.S. Census. You can read more about Niche’s methodology and data sources.

According to Niche, these are the 100 best communities to live in Wisconsin:

1. Whitefish Bay A+
2. Elm Grove A+
3. Kohler A+
4. Fox Point A+
5. Shorewood A+
6. Bayside A+
7. Cedarburg A+
8. Middleton A+
9. Shorewood Hills A+
10. Mequon A+
11. Brookfield A+
12. River Hills A+
13. Thiensville A+
14. Verona A+
15. Madison A+
16. Wauwatosa A+
17. Juneau Town A+
18. Historic Third Ward A+
19. Glendale A+
20. Nashotah A+
21. Merton A+
22. Waunakee A+
23. Delafield A+
24. Maple Bluff A+
25. Fitchburg A+
26. Hartland A
27. De Pere A
28. Greendale A
29. Appleton A
30. Grafton A
31. Stevens Point A
32. Menomonee Falls A
33. Hudson A
34. Allouez A
35. Wales A
36. Harbor View A
37. Sun Prairie A
38. Cottage Grove A
39. Onalaska A
40. Pewaukee City A
41. Monona A
42. Sussex A
43. Cross Plains A
44. Hobart A
45. Northpoint A
46. Franklin A
47. Port Washington A
48. Germantown A
49. Oregon A
50. Pewaukee Village A
51. Oconomowoc A
52. Neenah A
53. Slinger A
54. Brewer's Hill A
55. McFarland A
56. Kimberly A
57. New Berlin A
58. Summit A
59. Marshfield A
60. North Hudson A
61. Cambridge A
62. River Falls A
63. Downer Woods A
64. Lower East Side A
65. Menomonee River Valley A
66. Yankee Hill A
67. Williams Bay A
68. Plover A
69. Eau Claire A
70. Sherwood A
71. Mount Horeb A
72. Kronenwetter A-
73. Muskego A-
74. Riverwest A-
75. Waukesha A-
76. Howard A-
77. Sturgeon Bay A-
78. Wind Point A-
79. Fontana-on-Geneva Lake A-
80. Altoona A-
81. Upper East Side A-
82. Oak Creek A-
83. Okauchee Lake A-
84. Butler A-
85. Hales Corners A-
86. Richfield A-
87. Saukville A-
88. Wausau A-
89. La Crosse A-
90. Lake Mills A-
91. Rothschild A-
92. Holmen A-
93. Brooklyn A-
94. Brown Deer A-
95. Bay View A-
96. Murray Hill A-
97. Ashwaubenon A-
98. Wrightstown A-
99. Suamico A-
100. DeForest A-

You can see how all of Wisconsin communities scored on the Niche rankings here.

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