Alden ranks #78 in Wisconsin for low obesity
Alden is ranked on 30 lists against the 371 Wisconsin towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Alden does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Alden marked.
Alden lands in the top half on 11 of 17 lists
Each dot is Alden’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Alden does best come first.
More vacation homes than 94% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Alden’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Alden out-ranks 0 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Alden lands in every WI ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Whitefish Bay · 98 / 100
#142
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#78
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#181
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#127
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#115
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#78
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#224 
People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#159
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#318
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#53
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#106
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#288 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#281
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#176
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#203
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#301
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#359 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#369 Climate
Snowiest#1 Minocqua · 99 in
#202
Least snow#1 Williams Bay · 32 in
#162
Mildest winters#1 Racine · 16.5°
#340
Hottest summers#1 Brodhead · 83.8°
#206
Coolest summers#1 Superior · 75.9°
#171
Longest growing season#1 Cudahy · 192 days
#281
Wettest#1 Monroe · 39 in
#259 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stephenson · 55.7%
#24
Most new homes#1 DeForest · 26.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Algoma · +89.8%
#154
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Whitefish Bay · 31.3 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Monona · 11.6 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Whitefish Bay · 24.8 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Monona · 45.8 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Geneva · 2.6
The number on the right is Alden’s spot. All of Wisconsin’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every WI list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.