From Kohler To Sussex: Wisconsin’s Top Cities To Buy A House In 2025

WISCONSIN — A new national ranking highlights dozens of communities across Wisconsin as top places to buy a house in 2025.

The 2025 “Best Places to Buy a House in America” list, published by the data analysis site Niche, evaluates more than 2,000 cities, towns, and suburbs across the United States.

The rankings are based on U.S. Census data, FBI crime statistics, and other public data sources. Each community is graded on 12 factors related to housing market quality and stability.

See the full methodology here.

Those factors include median home values, home value-to-income ratio, property tax rates, cost of living, housing costs, public school quality, local crime rates, homeownership rates, recent home value trends, educational attainment, and the percentage of new residents ages 20 to 44.

Each location receives an overall housing grade, along with individual grades for schools, safety, and affordability.

Top places to buy a house in Wisconsin, according to Niche:

1. Kohler (Sheboygan County)
2. Lannon (Waukesha County)
3. Nashotah (Waukesha County)
4. St. Peter (Fond du Lac County)
5. Wind Point (Racine County)
6. Brookfield (Waukesha County)
7. Peshtigo (Marinette County)
8. Wrightstown (Brown and Outagamie counties)
9. Thiensville (Ozaukee County)
10. Fox Point (Milwaukee County)
11. Oostburg (Sheboygan County)
12. Slinger (Washington County)
13. North Prairie (Waukesha County)
14. Rothschild (Marathon County)
15. Big Bend (Waukesha County)
16. Hobart (Brown County)
17. Bayside (Milwaukee County)
18. Kiel (Manitowoc and Calumet counties)
19. Dresser (Polk County)
20. Combined Locks (Outagamie County)

And here are the top places to buy a house nationwide in 2025, according to Niche:

And here are the top places to buy a house nationwide in 2025, according to Niche.

1. Hazel Green, Alabama — Town of 3,765 in Madison County
2. Sturgeon, Pennsylvania — Suburb of Pittsburgh, population 1,353
3. Madison, Alabama — Suburb of Huntsville, population 58,335
4. St. Johns, Arizona — Town of 3,409 in Apache County
5. Jena, Louisiana — Town of 4,139 in LaSalle Parish
6. Meadowbrook, Alabama — Suburb of Birmingham, population 8,939
7. Pittsboro, Indiana — Suburb of Indianapolis, population 3,988
8. Centennial, North Dakota — Neighborhood in Fargo, population 2,266
9. Larkin Charter Township, Michigan — Suburb of Midland, population 5,358
10. South Vacherie, Louisiana — Town of 3,048 in St. James Parish