Living in the New North
A Great Place to Call Home
By any measure, the New North is a great place to live, work and play. We boast a cost of living that's tough to beat. From the cost of housing, dining, recreation, goods and services, utilities, health, and transportation to taxes and college tuition, you get much more than you pay for in Northeast Wisconsin.
The New North has been repeatedly recognized for its exemplary quality of life, including low crime rates, great recreational opportunities, superior education opportunities, and affordable healthcare:
Appleton ranked among the top Most Affordable Places to Live in the U.S – Forbes
Oshkosh and Appleton ranked as two of the 100 Best Places to Live – Money Magazine
Oshkosh named one of the "50 Smart Places to Live" in the United States - Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Reader's Digest
- Sheboygan named #1 place to raise a family out of 301 metropolitan areas
- Appleton-Neenah-Oshkosh ranked 37th
The Reader's Digest study was based on a number of factors, weighted according to their average importance to parents (Numbers represent a 1-10 rating with 10 being "extremely important")
- Low crime rate (9.7)
- Low drug/alcohol problem (9.6)
- Good public schools (9.5)
- Quality health care (9.3)
- Clean environment (9.2)
- Affordable cost of living (8.9)
- Strong economic growth (8.8)
- Extracurricular school activities (8.7)
- Access to colleges (8.3)
- Many activities for youth (7.8)
- Less than one hour to major city (7.0)
- Many private schools (6.9)
- Warm and sunny weather (6.0)
Appleton and the surrounding Fox Cities as well as Green Bay named two of the 100 best areas for young people – America's Promise – the Alliance for Youth
