Ranked for Affordable Living
Best Places to Live in Wisconsin for Affordable Living
Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 25 places
- #1ManitowocPopulation 34,500 · solid overall livability86% match
- #2OshkoshPopulation 66,373 · solid overall livability66% match
- #3SheboyganPopulation 49,805 · mixed overall livability66% match
- #4WausauPopulation 39,906 · solid overall livability66% match
- #5SuperiorPopulation 26,562 · mixed overall livability66% match
- #6MilwaukeePopulation 573,299 · mixed overall livability54% match
- #7RacinePopulation 77,453 · mixed overall livability54% match
- #8Fond du LacPopulation 44,527 · solid overall livability54% match
- #9BeloitPopulation 36,642 · mixed overall livability54% match
- #10Green BayPopulation 106,846 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #11AppletonPopulation 75,133 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #12JanesvillePopulation 65,669 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #13West AllisPopulation 59,907 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #14WauwatosaPopulation 47,919 · solid overall livability43% match
- #15Menomonee FallsPopulation 38,610 · solid overall livability43% match
- #16GreenfieldPopulation 37,521 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #17Oak CreekPopulation 36,286 · mixed overall livability43% match
- #18Mount PleasantPopulation 27,640 · solid overall livability43% match
- #19NeenahPopulation 27,309 · solid overall livability43% match
- #20De PerePopulation 25,373 · solid overall livability43% match
- #21CaledoniaPopulation 25,277 · solid overall livability43% match
- #22FranklinPopulation 36,513 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #23Stevens PointPopulation 25,549 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #24MuskegoPopulation 25,073 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #25MadisonPopulation 268,516 · mixed overall livability23% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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