The 10 Snobbiest Places In Wisconsin For 2024


The Snobbiest places in Wisconsin are Whitefish Bay and Mequon for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

There are all types when it comes to being a snob in Wisconsin. You’ve got your Wine Snobs, Book Snobs, and, of course, Clothes Snobs. Then there are the Technology Snobs, Car Snobs, and yes, even City Snobsas in, I’m better than you because I live in (insert snooty city here).

How can we tell which Wisconsin cities are the snobbiest? By measuring snobby things, that’s how.

We used Saturday Night Science to look at things like expensive homes, high incomes, and overly educated populations by city in Wisconsin. These are the criteria you’d argue with a friend over a foodie dinner about who’s snobbier.

After analyzing 141 of the state’s most populous areas over 5,000 people, we came up with this ranking of the ten snobbiest places in the state of Wisconsin.

The Wisconsinite in these places aren’t snobby, they just know they’re better than you.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


Snobbiest Cities In Wisconsin Map

Don’t freak out.

What’s the snobbiest place in Wisconsin? The snobbiest place in Wisconsin is Whitefish Bay based on the data. If we had their wealth and lifestyle, we’d probably be a little snobby, too.

The most laid back? That would be Antigo.

We’re not so full of ourselves as to make this ranking up from nowhere. So here’s a look at the top ten and more on how we did it. And if you’re curious, Wisconsin is the 21st snobbiest in the United States.

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

The 10 Snobbiest Places In Wisconsin For 2024

Whitefish Bay, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 14,804
% Highly Educated: 81.0%
Median Income: $142,356
Median Home Price: $553,113
More on Whitefish Bay: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Mequon, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Population: 25,102
% Highly Educated: 70.0%
Median Income: $141,996
Median Home Price: $572,570
More on Mequon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Elm Grove, WI

Source: Wikipedia User ChristOnABike | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 6,445
% Highly Educated: 65.0%
Median Income: $126,996
Median Home Price: $580,004
More on Elm Grove: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Fox Point, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 6,811
% Highly Educated: 74.0%
Median Income: $130,865
Median Home Price: $481,451
More on Fox Point: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Waunakee, WI

Source: Wikipedia User User:Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 14,794
% Highly Educated: 63.0%
Median Income: $132,305
Median Home Price: $512,820
More on Waunakee: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Verona, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Population: 14,040
% Highly Educated: 62.0%
Median Income: $109,960
Median Home Price: $480,612
More on Verona: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Brookfield, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Merenta | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Population: 41,342
% Highly Educated: 62.0%
Median Income: $121,837
Median Home Price: $450,774
More on Brookfield: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Delafield, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Panoramio upload bot | CC BY 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 7,181
% Highly Educated: 58.0%
Median Income: $99,239
Median Home Price: $638,617
More on Delafield: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 11,757
% Highly Educated: 47.0%
Median Income: $128,165
Median Home Price: $493,223
More on Richfield: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Middleton, WI

Source: Wikipedia User James Steakley | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Population: 21,864
% Highly Educated: 64.0%
Median Income: $87,333
Median Home Price: $523,693
More on Middleton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the snobbiest cities in the Badger State

Do you think wed just come up with this list willy-nilly? Not a chance – we only use Saturday Night Science around here.

We gathered up all of the places in Wisconsin with populations of 5,000 people or more. This left us with a total of 141 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria (And no, its not a word. English snob.):

  • Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
  • Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
  • Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)

Incomes and college education levels come from the American Community Survey. Home prices come from Zillow.

Turned out this simple criteria was much better at sniffing out the snobby places then more snobby criteria like:

  • Libaries per capita (Higher is snobbier)
  • Museums per capita (Higher is snobbier)
  • Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)

From there, we ranked each of our 141 places in each category with scores from one to 141. We then averaged each places ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Wisconsin. So lets all flip a table in honor of Whitefish Bay (with our pinkies up, of course.)

Before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, lets remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course, we would.

And it’s not like your real estate agent would ever point out how snobby the town you’re moving to is. We’re here to keep you grounded, even if you’re wearing a monocle.

There You Have It – Now That You’re On Your High Horse

When it comes to snobbery, these places in Wisconsin are heading ever upward. Residents in these communities are well educated, well paid, and appear to have all the sophisticated culture and entertainment of an Ernst Lubitsch film right at their fingertips.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

The snobbiest cities in Wisconsin are Whitefish Bay, Mequon, Elm Grove, Fox Point, Waunakee, Verona, Brookfield, Delafield, Richfield, and Middleton.

If you’re also curious enough, here are the most laid back places in Wisconsin, according to science:

  1. Antigo
  2. Merrill
  3. Richland Center

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

Table: The Snobbiest Cities In Wisconsin For 2024

Rank City Population Median Income Average Home Prices Adult Highly Educated
1 Whitefish Bay, WI 14,804 $142,356 $553,113 81.0%
2 Mequon, WI 25,102 $141,996 $572,570 70.0%
3 Elm Grove, WI 6,445 $126,996 $580,004 65.0%
4 Fox Point, WI 6,811 $130,865 $481,451 74.0%
5 Waunakee, WI 14,794 $132,305 $512,820 63.0%
6 Verona, WI 14,040 $109,960 $480,612 62.0%
7 Brookfield, WI 41,342 $121,837 $450,774 62.0%
8 Delafield, WI 7,181 $99,239 $638,617 58.0%
9 Richfield, WI 11,757 $128,165 $493,223 47.0%
10 Middleton, WI 21,864 $87,333 $523,693 64.0%
11 Cottage Grove, WI 7,567 $123,750 $416,743 53.0%
12 Shorewood, WI 13,707 $87,161 $467,870 78.0%
13 Sussex, WI 11,549 $105,435 $437,059 48.0%
14 Hobart, WI 10,130 $107,222 $425,683 46.0%
15 Muskego, WI 25,073 $112,537 $444,024 43.0%
16 Oregon, WI 11,240 $95,453 $422,070 50.0%
17 Oconomowoc, WI 18,178 $99,104 $435,095 45.0%
18 Fitchburg, WI 29,826 $87,253 $447,181 59.0%
19 Mcfarland, WI 9,104 $91,029 $418,062 50.0%
20 Mount Horeb, WI 7,717 $96,915 $412,236 46.0%
21 Wauwatosa, WI 47,919 $93,812 $362,434 62.0%
22 Monona, WI 8,592 $87,723 $417,017 58.0%
23 Hudson, WI 14,763 $90,250 $461,468 44.0%
24 Suamico, WI 12,878 $111,320 $396,184 41.0%
25 New Berlin, WI 40,387 $94,769 $388,822 46.0%
26 Menomonee Falls, WI 38,610 $96,986 $367,403 48.0%
27 Franklin, WI 36,513 $100,524 $380,895 44.0%
28 Cedarburg, WI 12,213 $79,610 $475,448 53.0%
29 Sun Prairie, WI 35,847 $90,384 $374,169 51.0%
30 Bristol, WI 5,169 $103,652 $533,141 33.0%
31 Pleasant Prairie, WI 21,373 $99,635 $386,284 39.0%
32 Greendale, WI 14,722 $89,684 $342,979 49.0%
33 Mukwonago, WI 8,311 $91,827 $423,592 37.0%
34 Deforest, WI 10,767 $97,381 $356,196 40.0%
35 Hartland, WI 9,599 $82,238 $421,737 43.0%
36 Grafton, WI 12,160 $83,500 $377,473 44.0%
37 Slinger, WI 6,055 $92,984 $404,668 35.0%
38 Madison, WI 268,516 $74,895 $369,136 59.0%
39 Glendale, WI 13,227 $79,861 $312,896 60.0%
40 Oak Creek, WI 36,286 $86,408 $356,263 38.0%
41 Hales Corners, WI 7,677 $84,911 $351,737 38.0%
42 Jackson, WI 7,814 $94,621 $367,088 31.0%
43 River Falls, WI 16,165 $72,247 $370,227 45.0%
44 Lake Mills, WI 6,280 $77,449 $364,364 41.0%
45 Waterford, WI 5,587 $81,575 $383,978 32.0%
46 Waukesha, WI 70,945 $77,558 $328,532 42.0%
47 Onalaska, WI 18,837 $80,296 $315,396 40.0%
48 Caledonia, WI 25,277 $90,346 $327,335 32.0%
49 Kronenwetter, WI 8,335 $107,727 $288,694 32.0%
50 De Pere, WI 25,373 $78,733 $337,383 38.0%
51 West Salem, WI 5,253 $79,891 $320,923 38.0%
52 Pewaukee, WI 8,227 $60,202 $459,571 38.0%
53 Holmen, WI 10,806 $77,880 $357,250 32.0%
54 Plover, WI 13,549 $76,120 $296,269 43.0%
55 Brown Deer, WI 12,593 $88,164 $253,305 40.0%
56 Mount Pleasant, WI 27,640 $83,827 $292,158 36.0%
57 Howard, WI 20,022 $77,118 $340,552 35.0%
58 Altoona, WI 8,506 $77,002 $306,195 38.0%
59 Stoughton, WI 13,091 $73,014 $331,307 37.0%
60 Port Washington, WI 12,446 $76,609 $322,974 36.0%
61 New Richmond, WI 10,158 $78,077 $345,613 30.0%
62 Allouez, WI 14,089 $84,198 $274,547 36.0%
63 Evansville, WI 5,720 $83,431 $299,429 31.0%
64 Lake Geneva, WI 8,335 $62,883 $341,584 39.0%
65 Bellevue, WI 16,086 $76,152 $345,424 27.0%
66 Milton, WI 5,692 $78,957 $293,485 29.0%
67 Burlington, WI 11,000 $80,529 $305,324 26.0%
68 Twin Lakes, WI 6,341 $88,770 $332,070 20.0%
69 Neenah, WI 27,309 $71,280 $295,098 32.0%
70 Elkhorn, WI 10,253 $72,958 $310,154 28.0%
71 Appleton, WI 75,133 $75,469 $256,611 36.0%
72 West Bend, WI 31,682 $71,904 $300,826 29.0%
73 Ashwaubenon, WI 16,939 $67,748 $289,524 35.0%
74 Hartford, WI 15,667 $70,887 $324,957 27.0%
75 Lake Hallie, WI 7,178 $76,134 $308,070 26.0%
76 Edgerton, WI 5,878 $80,255 $255,568 28.0%
77 Greenfield, WI 37,521 $67,536 $291,988 31.0%
78 Eau Claire, WI 69,098 $63,882 $282,687 36.0%
79 Rothschild, WI 5,537 $84,963 $214,618 28.0%
80 Kaukauna, WI 17,111 $74,575 $258,413 27.0%
81 Delavan, WI 8,519 $69,238 $286,756 26.0%
82 Columbus, WI 5,481 $65,727 $268,346 30.0%
83 Menomonie, WI 16,563 $51,250 $273,762 38.0%
84 Fort Atkinson, WI 12,522 $72,215 $256,174 26.0%
85 Sturtevant, WI 6,823 $83,816 $245,292 22.0%
86 South Milwaukee, WI 20,678 $68,801 $256,703 26.0%
87 Janesville, WI 65,669 $68,610 $248,170 27.0%
88 Whitewater, WI 15,725 $46,135 $295,965 34.0%
89 Sturgeon Bay, WI 9,620 $55,791 $327,051 26.0%
90 Little Chute, WI 11,798 $69,102 $250,340 26.0%
91 Platteville, WI 11,543 $46,554 $227,451 45.0%
92 Jefferson, WI 7,778 $69,844 $285,758 21.0%
93 Plymouth, WI 8,907 $65,893 $279,607 24.0%
94 Kimberly, WI 7,331 $65,061 $243,898 28.0%
95 Sheboygan Falls, WI 8,163 $66,416 $273,284 24.0%
96 Cudahy, WI 18,087 $66,592 $248,599 26.0%
97 Stevens Point, WI 25,549 $53,611 $235,226 38.0%
98 Weston, WI 15,698 $71,466 $250,370 23.0%
99 Menasha, WI 18,125 $62,514 $292,014 23.0%
100 Baraboo, WI 12,541 $66,592 $246,414 25.0%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

10 thoughts on “The 10 Snobbiest Places In Wisconsin For 2024

  1. …and just so you know, the picture you provided for Edgerton is an apartment building, not a single family home.

    1. and for heavens sake, I’d bet the farm that the average home in Edgerton is not worth $365,000.00. almost laughable is it not.

  2. Ha! Edgerton is one of the snobbiest places in Wisconsin? You certainly have never been there. And the median home price is no where near that much. Also, the picture posted along with #10 is an old high school turned apartment building.

  3. I have lived in Edgerton all my life and the snobby ness is based on “Cliques” that think they are better then everyone else the town is full of judge mental people.

  4. Whitefish Bay Data is incorrect. I realize this would put them in the top spot as #1 snobby city but, I wanted to make your story accurate.

    Whitefish Bay medium home price isn’t $135 K It is far from that.. There isn’t a $135K home in all of Whitefish Bay. The medium home price is $275K. Just saying

  5. You forgot Hartford. You can’t break into their cliques no matter what you do or how much money you make. Most won’t acknowledge you or it never gets past “hi.” It”s not always income or home value. Some towns hate you simply because you didn’t grow up there.

  6. I know Eau Claire is not one of the snobbiest cities in Wisconsin because Eau Claire is the 3 drunkest in the u.s.

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