Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Neenah is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 141st of 357 in Wisconsin, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $75K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 75% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $311K, 4.1 years of the Oshkosh metro’s $75K median household income. Its National Register listings include Havilah Babcock House and Franklyn C. Shattuck House. Only 38 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on hazard risk. Neenah is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns.
Where Neenah beats most towns.
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Its 27 National Register listings are more than in 96% of Wisconsin towns with a listing.
Census counts: 1,296 in 1860, 27,319 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1845 and 5 maps from 1911 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Neenah is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Neenah, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Neenah.
Neenah pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Wisconsin norm and is safe by national standards but not by Wisconsin’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Wisconsin (mostly inland flooding).
Its public schools are run by the Neenah Joint School District. Two of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neenah Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 1,913 | B |
| Lakeview ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 317 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Wisconsin towns, with expected losses of about $340 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
At 76 of 100, Neenah’s FEMA risk score is against 23 of 100 in Wisconsin’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. Since 1979, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Neenah.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Neenah has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 10° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Neenah sits where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes on this measure. Most working residents leave Neenah for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton (13%), Oshkosh (10%) and Fox Crossing (9%).
| Neenah | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 8.2% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $88,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.6 miles of trail in 28 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Carpenter Preserve, at 95 acres. Neenah’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Neenah | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carpenter Preserve | — | 95 |
| 2. Memorial Park | — | 94 |
| 3. Arrowhead Park | 0.1 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Neenah tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures. 21% of adults binge drink in Neenah.
| Neenah | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Neenah grades A− overall with a typical home of about $311K, below the Wisconsin typical value; only 24 of the 118 Wisconsin towns graded A− or better can say that.
The typical Neenah home is worth about $311,000, up 3.4% in a year, 8% below the Wisconsin typical home. 66% of Neenah households own their home.
| Neenah | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,006 a month | $1,080 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Wisconsin average. The median age in Neenah is 38 years. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Neenah | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.5 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.5, men 36.4.
| Neenah | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.7% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.5% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.2% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.6% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 17 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 61% of Wisconsin’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 373 to 285 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Neenah. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
11 mi LakeLake Winnebago
31 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
31 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
13 mi MuseumEAA Aviation Museum
35 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement ParkLambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Winnebago: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · EAA Aviation Museum: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Neenah
About 4 of every 100 Neenah residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
27 places in Neenah on the National Register of Historic Places.
33 notable people were born in Neenah.
City in Wisconsin, USA, since 1835
Neenah ( NEE-nə) is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the banks of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts, and the Fox River approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Oshkosh and 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Green Bay. Neenah's population was 27,319 at the 2020 census. Neenah is within the geographic boundaries of the Town of Neenah, but is politically independent. The city is the southwesternmost of the Fox Cities of northeastern Wisconsin. It is a principal city of the Oshkosh–Neenah metropolitan statistical area, which consists of all of Winnebago County and had 171,730 residents in 2020. It is sometimes referred to as a twin city with Menash…
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4 towns share a border with Neenah.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neenah | #141 | A− | B− | B− | A− | B |
| Neenah | #147 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Vinland | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Fox Crossing | #120 | A− | C+ | A− | A− | B |
| Menasha | #266 | B− | B | B | C+ | C+ |
Vinland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Neenah and Vinland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Neenah with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Neenah grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #141 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health, B− for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
33 notable people were born here, including Reid Ribble and George Bergstrom.
