Ellsworth ranks #25 in Wisconsin for graduation rate
Ellsworth is ranked on 34 lists against the 371 Wisconsin towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
Fewer seniors than 98% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Ellsworth’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Ellsworth does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ellsworth marked.
Ellsworth lands in the top half on 13 of 21 lists
Each dot is Ellsworth’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Ellsworth does best come first.
Where Ellsworth 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
#154
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#60
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#181
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#195
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#115
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#78
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#247 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stephenson · 55.7%
#333
Most new homes#1 DeForest · 26.3 per 1,000
#62
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Algoma · +89.8%
#224
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Whitefish Bay · 31.3 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Geneva · 2.6
#60 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#145
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
#163
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#213
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#198
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#182 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#263 People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#287
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#103
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#273
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#365
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#13 
The number on the right is Ellsworth’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.