These Are The 10 Best Suburbs In Wisconsin For 2018

Are you sick of being a city slicker?

Do you long for life in suburban Wisconsin? Where you can drive your overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries, and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space?

We do too.

Public transportation is…icky at times. When you have to call an Uber to get to urgent care on a Friday night, that gets old after a while.

So, the question is, if you wanted to move out to the suburbs of Madison, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Wisconsin suburb was best?

No worries. We got it all figured out here.

These are the 10 best suburbs in the Badger State:

1. Fox Point (Photos)
2. Elm Grove (Photos)
3. Whitefish Bay (Photos)
4. Waunakee (Photos)
5. Mequon (Photos)
6. McFarland (Photos)
7. Oregon (Photos)
8. Verona (Photos)
9. Muskego (Photos)
10. Brookfield (Photos)

Fox Point is the place to be when it comes to being a soccer mom in suburban Wisconsin.

So if you’re thinking of packing up your mini van and making a move to a quiet place to live in Wisconsin, we’ve got you covered.

Keep on reading for a detailed methodology. Or, check out the best places to live in Wisconsin and the best places to raise a family in Wisconsin.

How do you determine which suburb is the best in Wisconsin anyways?

To give you the best suburbs in Wisconsin, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what’s a “best city” and what isn’t.

So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.

How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Badger State

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Wisconsin, we looked at every town between 5,000 and 200,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people (In other words, suburbs).

We paid particular attention to:

• Median Home Values
• Median Income
• Population Density (Higher is Better)
• Unemployment Rates
• Commute Time
• Education Levels
• Health Insurance Coverage
• Poverty Rates

We ranked each suburb in Wisconsin across a number of criteria from one to 62, with one being the best.

We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Wisconsin”.

The result is some of the safest, quiet, and awesome places to live in Wisconsin

Read on to see why Fox Point is the ‘burb with the most, while New Richmond is probably not the best place to live in Wisconsin.

1. Fox Point

Population: 6,695
Median Income: $113,854
Median Home Price: $309,000
Fox Point is located 7 miles north of Milwaukee.

2. Elm Grove

Population: 6,085
Median Income: $119,512
Median Home Price: $355,000
Elm Grove is located 6 miles west of Milwaukee.

3. Whitefish Bay

Population: 14,088
Median Income: $105,156
Median Home Price: $350,700
Whitefish Bay is located 4 miles east of Milwaukee.

4. Waunakee

Population: 13,092
Median Income: $93,132
Median Home Price: $300,600
Waunakee is located 6 miles north of Madison.

5. Mequon

Population: 23,663
Median Income: $104,691
Median Home Price: $354,300
Mequon is located 10 miles north of Milwaukee.

6. Mcfarland

Population: 8,168
Median Income: $78,009
Median Home Price: $243,000
Mcfarland is located 8 miles east of Madison.

7. Oregon

Population: 9,912
Median Income: $76,480
Median Home Price: $226,900
Oregon is located 11 miles south of Madison.

8. Verona

Population: 12,113
Median Income: $89,965
Median Home Price: $273,200
Verona is located 8 miles west of Madison.

9. Muskego

Population: 24,650
Median Income: $82,383
Median Home Price: $271,400
Muskego is located 15 miles south of Milwaukee.

10. Brookfield

Population: 37,991
Median Income: $95,956
Median Home Price: $287,500
Brookfield is located 7 miles west of Milwaukee.

There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Wisconsin

Here’s a look at the worst suburbs in Wisconsin according to the data:

1. New Richmond
2. Racine
3. Baraboo

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

• 10 Worst Places To Live In Wisconsin
• 10 Most Ghetto Cities In Wisconsin
• 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Wisconsin

Detailed List Of The Best Suburbs In Wisconsin

City	Rank	Population	Median Income	Median Home Price
Fox Point	1	6,695	$113,854	$309,000
Elm Grove	2	6,085	$119,512	$355,000
Whitefish Bay	3	14,088	$105,156	$350,700
Waunakee	4	13,092	$93,132	$300,600
Mequon	5	23,663	$104,691	$354,300
Mcfarland	6	8,168	$78,009	$243,000
Oregon	7	9,912	$76,480	$226,900
Verona	8	12,113	$89,965	$273,200
Muskego	9	24,650	$82,383	$271,400
Brookfield	10	37,991	$95,956	$287,500
Menomonee Falls	11	36,118	$74,266	$228,300
Sussex	12	10,716	$81,160	$259,100
Cedarburg	13	11,516	$79,266	$258,200
Middleton	14	18,707	$67,729	$293,100
Hales Corners	15	7,720	$66,274	$218,700
New Berlin	16	39,807	$77,795	$235,300
Hartland	17	9,195	$68,364	$266,500
Pewaukee	18	8,225	$57,321	$191,800
Wauwatosa	19	47,388	$70,632	$221,800
Grafton	20	11,563	$66,436	$201,100
Oconomowoc	21	16,289	$73,500	$239,400
Mount Horeb	22	7,389	$67,793	$235,300
Cottage Grove	23	6,729	$87,386	$257,400
Deforest	24	9,468	$72,373	$207,100
Shorewood	25	13,300	$63,918	$308,600
Richfield	26	11,483	$97,212	$295,600
Delafield	27	7,218	$80,714	$346,200
Monona	28	7,919	$56,481	$232,800
Sun Prairie	29	31,721	$65,203	$206,200
Slinger	30	5,190	$73,302	$191,100
Franklin	31	36,155	$73,590	$224,800
Columbus	32	5,004	$60,000	$153,400
Port Washington	33	11,531	$66,296	$182,800
Hudson	34	13,367	$65,182	$225,900
Greendale	35	14,303	$64,338	$200,300
Sturtevant	36	6,961	$63,196	$132,100
Jackson	37	6,839	$56,444	$177,400
Glendale	38	12,880	$65,120	$207,200
Oak Creek	39	35,218	$67,845	$209,800
Waterford	40	5,344	$71,895	$193,700
Mukwonago	41	7,549	$64,011	$219,200
Waukesha	42	72,016	$59,866	$192,400
Caledonia	43	24,767	$69,500	$191,200
Evansville	44	5,176	$56,198	$162,200
River Falls	45	15,152	$52,598	$174,600
Stoughton	46	13,041	$60,990	$182,400
Mount Pleasant	47	26,237	$63,799	$180,100
Lake Mills	48	5,796	$60,302	$169,200
Brown Deer	49	12,075	$58,472	$145,700
Hartford	50	14,350	$55,169	$174,400
Burlington	51	10,571	$53,861	$170,400
Fitchburg	52	27,254	$65,735	$276,200
West Bend	53	31,661	$56,003	$163,800
St. Francis	54	9,516	$43,065	$146,300
Greenfield	55	37,070	$52,075	$170,600
Edgerton	56	5,494	$52,054	$142,200
South Milwaukee	57	21,197	$52,418	$154,300
West Allis	58	60,543	$46,524	$140,200
Cudahy	59	18,321	$46,973	$150,400
Baraboo	60	12,097	$42,311	$140,700
Racine	61	77,931	$41,178	$106,400
New Richmond	62	8,687	$56,422	$147,800