Kiel ranks #4 in Wisconsin for safety
Kiel 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 9.
The lists Kiel does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Kiel marked.
Kiel lands in the top half on 12 of 22 lists
Each dot is Kiel’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Kiel does best come first.
Faster-rising prices than 93% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Kiel’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for safety
Lists where Kiel sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Kiel out-ranks 0 of its 1 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 Kiel 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Geneva · 2.6
#4 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#61
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
#29
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#55
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#142
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#57
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#77 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#76 
Health
Healthiest#1 Whitefish Bay · 98 / 100
#254
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#213
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#259
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#268
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#217
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#78
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#334 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stephenson · 55.7%
#317
Most new homes#1 DeForest · 26.3 per 1,000
#203
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Algoma · +89.8%
#24
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Whitefish Bay · 31.3 per home
People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#338
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#251
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#121
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#181
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#250 
The number on the right is Kiel’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.