Lyons ranks #78 in Wisconsin for low depression
Lyons is ranked on 33 lists against the 371 Wisconsin towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Hotter summers than 92% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Lyons’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Lyons out-ranks 3 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.
Lyons lands in the top half on 4 of 19 lists
Each dot is Lyons’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Lyons does best come first.
The lists Lyons does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lyons marked.
Every WI list, and where Lyons lands
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
#214
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#244
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#181
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#195
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#217
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#78
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#113 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#223
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
#245
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#94
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#206
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#285
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#87
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#97
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#257 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#212
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#161
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#294 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#276 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Minocqua · 99 in
#304
Least snow#1 Williams Bay · 32 in
#58
Mildest winters#1 Racine · 16.5°
#54
Hottest summers#1 Brodhead · 83.8°
#31
Coolest summers#1 Superior · 75.9°
#341
Longest growing season#1 Cudahy · 192 days
#211
Wettest#1 Monroe · 39 in
#67 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stephenson · 55.7%
#84
Most new homes#1 DeForest · 26.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Algoma · +89.8%
#156
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 Lyons’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.