Glendale ranks #8 in Wisconsin for working from home
Glendale is ranked on 35 lists against the 371 Wisconsin towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 13.
Milder winters than 97% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Glendale’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Glendale does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Glendale marked.
Glendale lands in the top half on 16 of 22 lists
Each dot is Glendale’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Glendale does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for walkable streets
Lists where Glendale sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Glendale out-ranks 1 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.
Every WI list, and where Glendale lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#19
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#243
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#126
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#24
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#208 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stephenson · 55.7%
#186
Most new homes#1 DeForest · 26.3 per 1,000
#17
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Algoma · +89.8%
#211
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Whitefish Bay · 31.3 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Whitefish Bay · 98 / 100
#71
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#31
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#18
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#33
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#39
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#29
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#92 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#37
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#79
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#28 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#128 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#174
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
#297
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#334
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
Safety
Safest#1 Geneva · 2.6
#157 
The number on the right is Glendale’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.