Greenfield ranks #18 in Wisconsin for walkable streets
Greenfield is ranked on 39 lists against the 371 Wisconsin towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Greenfield does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Greenfield marked.
Greenfield lands in the top half on 11 of 25 lists
Each dot is Greenfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Greenfield does best come first.
Longer growing season than 93% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Greenfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Greenfield out-ranks 2 of its 6 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 Greenfield 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
#113
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#31
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#66
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#76
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#217
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#78
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#56 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#232
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#157
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#18 
People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#171
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#179
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#192
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#116
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#260 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#141
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
#219
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#292
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
#54 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#180 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Monona · 11.6 per resident
#24
Most library borrowing#1 Whitefish Bay · 24.8 per resident
#26
Best libraries for kids#1 Monona · 45.8 per child
#24 Safety
Safest#1 Geneva · 2.6
#141 
The number on the right is Greenfield’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.