What is the #1 best cities for families in wisconsin?

#	City	Population	Family Score
1	Madison	275,568	87.80
2	Fitchburg	31,566	86.20
3	Shorewood Hills	2,067	77.60
4	Wisconsin Dells	2,763	77.30
5	Wauwatosa	47,718	76.90
6	West Allis	59,588	76.80
7	La Crosse	51,791	76.30
8	Glendale	13,134	75.30
9	West Milwaukee	4,064	74.70
10	Jefferson	7,722	74.20
11	Middleton	22,235	73.80
12	Lake Hallie	7,245	71.80
13	Milwaukee	569,756	71.80
14	Brown Deer	12,615	71.40
15	Chippewa Falls	14,643	70.00
16	Stoughton	13,063	69.60
17	Saukville	4,268	69.30
18	Whitewater	15,705	68.80
19	Platteville	11,421	68.40
20	Oshkosh	66,247	68.30
21	Oak Creek	36,473	68.10
22	Tomah	9,505	67.70
23	Hudson	15,004	67.60
24	Fond du Lac	44,491	67.40
25	Sun Prairie	36,455	67.40
26	Maple Bluff	1,319	67.40
27	Shorewood	13,682	67.20
28	St. Croix Falls	2,469	67.10
29	Eau Claire	69,274	66.90
30	Washburn	1,858	66.90
31	Butler	2,003	66.60
32	Pleasant Prairie	21,515	66.40
33	Lake Geneva	8,443	66.40
34	Stevens Point	25,497	66.20
35	Green Bay	106,585	66.20
36	Galesville	1,740	65.60
37	Menomonie	16,548	65.50
38	Beaver Dam	16,629	65.50
39	Viroqua	4,469	65.40
40	Wausau	39,893	65.40
41	Superior	26,550	65.30
42	West Bend	31,722	65.30
43	Sheboygan	49,812	64.90
44	Ashwaubenon	16,931	64.30
45	Greenfield	37,361	64.20
46	St. Francis	9,318	64.20
47	Grantsburg	1,359	63.90
48	Hales Corners	7,627	63.60
49	New Lisbon	2,549	63.50
50	Kenosha	99,147	63.30
51	Lake Delton	3,522	63.20
52	Fort Atkinson	12,490	63.20
53	Wisconsin Rapids	18,756	62.90
54	Park Falls	2,308	62.80
55	Rothschild	5,532	62.80
56	Horicon	3,797	62.80
57	Poynette	2,583	62.50
58	Adams	2,144	62.20
59	Ripon	7,803	62.20
60	Medford	4,331	62.20
61	Monona	8,604	62.00
62	Waukesha	70,779	61.90
63	Appleton	74,873	61.90
64	Rice Lake	9,030	61.40
65	Sparta	9,921	61.40
66	Hartford	15,761	61.30
67	Sturgeon Bay	9,702	61.30
68	Mosinee	4,492	61.00
69	Menasha	18,130	60.70
70	Cudahy	17,964	60.70
71	Delafield	7,192	60.40
72	Hurley	1,438	60.30
73	Racine	77,155	60.10
74	Colfax	1,344	59.80
75	Hayward	2,549	59.80
76	River Falls	16,349	59.40
77	Waupaca	6,314	59.40
78	Big Bend	1,311	59.30
79	Augusta	1,381	59.20
80	South Milwaukee	20,547	58.60
81	Muscoda	1,119	58.50
82	Ashland	7,884	58.50
83	Slinger	6,173	58.30
84	New Holstein	3,104	58.20
85	Marshfield	18,718	58.20
86	Grafton	12,274	58.00
87	Ladysmith	3,152	58.00
88	Watertown	22,873	57.60
89	Ellsworth	3,323	57.60
90	Merrill	9,224	57.50
91	Twin Lakes	6,351	57.30
92	Baraboo	12,506	57.20
93	Boscobel	3,263	57.10
94	Stanley	3,774	56.50
95	Prairie du Chien	5,471	56.40
96	New Richmond	10,334	56.30
97	Bloomer	3,691	56.20
98	Lancaster	3,916	56.20
99	Brodhead	3,205	56.20
100	Lake Mills	6,391	56.10
101	Phillips	1,546	56.10
102	Mount Pleasant	27,694	55.90
103	Mount Horeb	7,719	55.70
104	Trempealeau	1,737	55.60
105	Janesville	65,813	55.20
106	Dodgeville	5,013	55.00
107	Cottage Grove	7,906	54.90
108	Neenah	27,409	54.20
109	Cuba City	2,094	54.20
110	Monroe	10,568	53.70
111	Prescott	4,376	53.70
112	Richland Center	5,030	53.50
113	Beloit	36,554	53.00
114	Summit	4,997	52.80
115	Holmen	11,027	52.70
116	Two Rivers	11,224	52.70
117	Marion	1,167	52.70
118	Manitowoc	34,553	52.60
119	Waupun	11,244	52.20
120	De Pere	25,368	52.10
121	Burlington	11,021	52.00
122	Jackson	7,882	52.00
123	Hammond	2,071	51.90
124	Altoona	8,750	51.90
125	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	1,633	51.70
126	Mineral Point	2,575	51.60
127	Menomonee Falls	38,963	51.50
128	Niagara	1,386	51.50
129	Onalaska	18,909	51.50
130	Juneau	2,600	51.40
131	Osceola	2,818	51.40
132	Brookfield	41,592	51.30
133	Frederic	1,148	51.00
134	Cross Plains	4,059	50.90
135	Waunakee	14,927	50.90
136	Chetek	2,017	50.60
137	Clinton	2,034	50.60
138	Westby	2,380	50.50
139	Belleville	2,628	50.50
140	Fennimore	2,762	50.30
141	Pulaski	3,892	50.20
142	Omro	3,639	50.10
143	North Fond du Lac	5,373	50.10
144	Antigo	8,058	50.00
145	Mauston	4,280	50.00
146	DeForest	10,853	50.00
147	Black River Falls	3,514	49.80
148	Verona	14,499	49.70
149	Oconomowoc	18,385	49.70
150	Kaukauna	17,237	49.50
151	Cedarburg	12,317	49.30
152	Portage	10,374	49.20
153	North Hudson	3,848	49.10
154	Greendale	14,656	49.10
155	Marinette	11,060	49.10
156	Seymour	1,547	49.00
157	Elk Mound	1,103	48.60
158	Hartland	9,716	48.50
159	Peshtigo	3,404	48.10
160	New Berlin	40,384	47.80
161	Eagle River	1,508	47.80
162	West Salem	5,268	47.60
163	Crivitz	1,026	47.60
164	Germantown	20,940	47.60
165	Bayside	4,398	47.40
166	Columbus	5,493	47.40
167	Spooner	2,203	47.30
168	Port Washington	12,569	47.10
169	Thiensville	3,277	47.00
170	Somerset	3,084	46.90
171	Cumberland	2,389	46.60
172	Sturtevant	6,787	46.50
173	Tomahawk	3,416	45.90
174	Mukwonago	8,411	45.70
175	Kiel	3,919	45.50
176	Kewaunee	2,824	45.30
177	Mayville	5,169	45.30
178	Kewaskum	4,367	45.30
179	Franklin	35,751	45.30
180	Marshall	3,806	45.30
181	Shawano	9,236	45.20
182	Reedsburg	10,060	45.20
183	Caledonia	25,292	45.00
184	Lomira	2,681	45.00
185	Pewaukee	16,002	44.90
186	Campbellsport	2,053	44.60
187	Montello	1,411	44.50
188	Plymouth	8,913	44.10
189	Elkhorn	10,259	44.10
190	McFarland	9,230	44.10
191	Marathon City	1,397	43.80
192	Williams Bay	2,967	43.60
193	Luxemburg	2,722	43.60
194	Oregon	11,384	43.50
195	Delavan	8,531	43.50
196	Rhinelander	8,248	43.50
197	Mequon	25,259	43.40
198	East Troy	4,689	43.10
199	Waterloo	3,542	42.90
200	Monticello	1,186	42.70
201	Cashton	1,243	42.50
202	Neillsville	2,314	42.10
203	Osseo	1,736	41.70
204	Sheboygan Falls	8,190	41.70
205	Darlington	2,473	41.50
206	Fall Creek	1,502	41.50
207	Fox Point	6,746	41.40
208	Spring Valley	1,260	41.40
209	Lodi	3,206	41.40
210	Orfordville	1,567	41.00
211	Albany	1,065	41.00
212	Whitefish Bay	14,750	40.60
213	Clintonville	4,553	40.20
214	Sharon	1,567	40.00
215	Muskego	25,156	39.40
216	Algoma	3,219	39.20
217	Manawa	1,317	39.00
218	Amery	2,959	39.00
219	Rio	1,068	38.90
220	New London	7,492	38.90
221	Kronenwetter	8,420	38.80
222	Waterford	5,627	38.80
223	Edgerton	5,924	38.60
224	Crandon	1,499	38.50
225	Green Lake	1,054	38.50
226	Loyal	1,361	38.50
227	Plover	13,713	38.30
228	Elkhart Lake	1,097	38.00
229	Thorp	1,696	36.90
230	Shullsburg	1,310	36.00
231	Redgranite	1,977	35.50
232	Milton	5,685	35.40
233	Spring Green	1,499	34.80
234	Walworth	2,786	34.60
235	Evansville	5,771	34.40
236	Edgar	1,366	34.30
237	Bloomfield	4,815	34.10
238	Wind Point	1,632	34.00
239	Dane	1,039	33.80
240	Elm Grove	6,428	33.80
241	Palmyra	2,042	33.60
242	Chilton	3,987	33.60
243	Barneveld	1,485	33.40
244	Elroy	1,529	33.40
245	New Glarus	2,276	33.30
246	River Hills	1,639	33.30
247	Hortonville	3,180	33.00
248	Westfield	1,272	32.90
249	Theresa	1,320	32.60
250	Kohler	2,136	32.40
251	Princeton	1,167	32.20
252	North Prairie	2,514	32.20
253	Cornell	1,331	31.70
254	Arcadia	3,720	31.20
255	Wautoma	1,882	31.00
256	Nekoosa	2,439	30.90
257	Oconto	4,623	30.90
258	Mishicot	1,470	30.80
259	Winneconne	2,519	30.30
260	Blair	1,169	30.20
261	Fox Lake	1,765	29.80
262	Denmark	2,472	29.40
263	Oconto Falls	2,979	29.10
264	Eagle	2,016	29.00
265	Brooklyn	1,457	28.80
266	Brillion	3,307	27.60
267	Boyceville	1,200	27.60
268	Bangor	1,409	27.30
269	Spencer	1,621	26.90
270	Genoa City	2,967	26.70
271	Markesan	1,276	25.90
272	Durand	1,735	25.60
273	Fall River	1,739	25.50
274	Independence	1,477	25.40
275	Hazel Green	1,070	24.90
276	Whitehall	1,651	24.80
277	Strum	1,119	24.50
278	Hustisford	1,062	23.10
279	Berlin	5,523	22.50
280	Cleveland	1,655	22.40
281	Athens	1,005	19.90
282	Port Edwards	1,776	18.20
283	Barron	3,689	17.80
284	Hillsboro	1,324	17.70
285	Mondovi	2,843	16.70
286	Plainfield	1,057	16.00
287	Gillett	1,333	11.50

Methodology

Cities in Wisconsin are ranked by family score. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from Multiple Sources. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 best cities for families in wisconsin?: Madison ranks #1 with 87.80 (family score).
What are the top 5 best cities for families in wisconsin?: 1. Madison (87.80), 2. Fitchburg (86.20), 3. Shorewood Hills (77.60), 4. Wisconsin Dells (77.30), 5. Wauwatosa (76.90)
How many cities in Wisconsin are ranked?: This ranking includes 287 cities in Wisconsin with available data.

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