Is Harmony a good place to live?
Harmony grades B overall, 198th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $123K and its schools outperform 76% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $456K, 6 years of the Janesville metro’s $76K median household income. On history, just 62 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Harmony’s median household income is $123,000, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at $87,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
What makes Harmony stand out
Where Harmony beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Harmony for work
Where Harmony’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Harmony grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Harmony is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Harmony: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Harmony, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Harmony.
Harmony has colder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Wisconsin (mostly inland flooding) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Wisconsin.
For cost of living, Harmony earns a C
At 6 years of the Janesville metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $456K) costs more against local pay than in 85% of Wisconsin towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
97% of Harmony households own their home. Typical home values rose 6.2% in the year to September 2026. Harmony’s median rent is $1,292 a month.
| Harmony | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 97% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,292 a month | $1,076 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Prairie Montessori PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 148 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Harmony’s working residents commute to Janesville
Most working residents leave Harmony for work: only 1% work in town. 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Harmony. Jobs based in Harmony grew to 793 in 2023, 77 more than in 2013.
| Harmony | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Harmony
January nights average 12.4°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 92% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 82.7°.
Harmony has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Harmony is 12°F. About 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Harmony | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 12°F | 11°F | 22°F |
| July high | 83°F | 82°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Wisconsin overall
The median household earns $122,852, against $77,485 across Wisconsin, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide). Harmony has grown 2.1% since 2020, to 2,608 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Harmony | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.1 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.5 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Harmony | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.7% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.6% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.6% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 21% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.4% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.2% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.5% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
| Harmony | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ice Age County Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Saturn Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Harmony
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Wisconsin towns, with expected losses of about $1,111 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Harmony since 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Harmony is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
Against the 5,325 U.S. towns with household incomes like Harmony’s, it is less healthy than 85%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Harmony tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures.
| Harmony | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Harmony
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Harmony
About 4 of every 100 Harmony residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Harmony
Town in Wisconsin, United States
The Town of Harmony is a town located in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,569 at the 2020 census. The city of Janesville is adjacent to the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 912 ft
- Area code
- 608
Harmony’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Harmony.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | #198 | B | C | — | A− | B− |
| Janesville | #307 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Johnstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milton | #202 | B | C− | — | A− | B |
Harmony and Milton report no FBI crime data of their own. Johnstown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Harmony with a neighbor →
Questions about Harmony
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Harmony, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Harmony grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #198 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B− for health and A− for schools.
Is Harmony, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.