What is the cost of living in Janesville-Beloit?

Janesville-Beloit has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 93.7, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 79.6, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,246/month.

What is the median salary in Janesville-Beloit?

The median salary in Janesville-Beloit is $63,520 annually (mean: $66,667). Top occupations include Fast Food and Counter Workers, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Registered Nurses.

How safe is Janesville-Beloit?

The violent crime rate in the Janesville-Beloit area is 280 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1157 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Janesville-Beloit?

The state of WI has 2,205 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Charter schools make up 10.7% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Janesville-Beloit?

Infant center-based childcare in the Janesville-Beloit area averages $11,256 per year. Preschool averages $10,203/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Janesville-Beloit a good place to relocate?

Janesville-Beloit has a Life Score of 51.6/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Janesville-Beloit sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Janesville-Beloit ranks #124 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Janesville-Beloit, WI

LiveAbility 55.5/100 places Janesville-Beloit #124 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

93.7
Cost index (US=100): $1,246
2BR rent / mo: $63,520
Median salary: 55.5
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Janesville-Beloit ranks #124 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (55.5/100), with its strongest marks in low hazard and air quality.

#124
of 387 US metros · Above median: 5,960,975
metro-area population: 280
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 2,205
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: climate (17/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Janesville-Beloit ranks #124 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 93.7 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,246/mo, median salary $63,520; LiveAbility Score 55.5/100, strongest in low hazard and air quality.

Signature: LiveAbility 55.5/100 places Janesville-Beloit #124 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 93.7 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,246/mo.

LiveAbility 55.5/100 puts Janesville-Beloit in the top third (#124 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Janesville-Beloit area is 64,420.

Janesville-Beloit vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

56 Top 32% higher than 68% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US metros. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Janesville-Beloit housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Janesville-Beloit MSA; housing RPP 79.6 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,246/mo.

Studio

$900

/month

1 Bedroom

$955

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,246

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,596

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,650

/month

Janesville-Beloit wages and employment

Janesville-Beloit posts 64,420 total employment with median salary $63,520.

Median Salary

$63,520

Mean Salary

$66,667

Total Employment

64,420

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$28,290
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$44,590
Registered Nurses	$93,030
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$59,800
Retail Salespersons	$34,000

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Janesville-Beloit area from NCES.

Schools

2,205

Enrollment

814,921

Student:Teacher

14.4:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Janesville-Beloit area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$11,256

per year

Toddler (Center)

$10,203

per year

Preschool (Center)

$10,203

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Janesville-Beloit's composite Life Score is 51.6/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

49/100

Average

Wages

63/100

Above average

Rent

58/100

Above average

Crime

62/100

Above average

Schools

47/100

Average

Childcare

42/100

Below average

Environment

24/100

Weak

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Janesville-Beloit ranks #124 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 55.5/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Low hazard (67/100)

Low hazard

67
Air quality

66
Job market

64
Safety

62
Housing

58
Schools

53
Cost of living

49
Climate

17

What this shows Janesville-Beloit's strongest dimensions are low hazard and air quality; its weakest among scored dims is climate at 17/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Janesville-Beloit on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Janesville-Beloit on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Janesville-Beloit cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Janesville-Beloit wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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