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Ranked · Buying a home · Wisconsin

Best cities for buying a home in Wisconsin

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Fond du Lac, WI44k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $173,700 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +4.6%

  2. 2.Superior, WI27k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $180,400 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +4.3%

  3. 3.Racine, WI78k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $166,500 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +4.7%

  4. 4.Sheboygan, WI50k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $174,200 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +4.9%

  5. 5.Manitowoc, WI35k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $160,700 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +6.0%

  6. 6.Eau Claire, WI70k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $247,600 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +1.4%

  7. 7.Oshkosh, WI67k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $177,700 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +5.6%

  8. 8.West Allis, WI60k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $203,800 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +3.9%

  9. 9.Neenah, WI27k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $210,700 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +4.9%

  10. 10.Beloit, WI37k residents

    68/100

    median home price: $156,500 · property tax rate: 1.61% · home price yoy: +7.7%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Wisconsin?
Fond du Lac, WI ranks first with a fit score of 73/100, followed by Superior (73) and Racine (72), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.