A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cross$1,840/mo

Typical home $292K (Census) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $875/mo · Housing →

Dodge$1,240/mo

Typical home $185K (Census) · tax rate 1.76% · or rent about $796/mo · Housing →

The difference: $600 a month, about $7,200 a year, between Cross and Dodge.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Cross and Dodge share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CrossDodge

Cross ↔ Dodge7.1 miles apart · They share a border

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CrossDodge

Snow a year38″42″

January low8°F 8°F

July high83°F 84°F

Growing season (days)180d 152d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 56th

Outdoors & history

CrossDodge

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—2.1%

Archive photos—4

Community

CrossDodge

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Wisconsin average

CrossDodge

People

Population 437Lowest 503Highest

Median age 41.8±10.4Lowest 4% above WI 62.8±10.8Highest 56% above WI

Dodge and Cross are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.4%±5.6Highest WI: 21.4% 20.1%±5.9Lowest WI: 21.4%

Cross and Dodge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.5%±5.3Lowest WI: 18.5% 47.3%±16Highest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.1%Highest WI: 33.4% 15.8%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±2.5Lowest WI: 5.8% 1%±1.2Highest WI: 5.8%

Dodge and Cross are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $93,333±$31kHighest 20% above WI $53,209±$7kLowest 31% below WI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $291,700±$57kHighest 9% above WI $185,400±$9kLowest 30% below WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $875±$404Highest 20% below WI $796±$141Lowest 27% below WI

Cross and Dodge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,781Highest about the WI average $3,262Lowest 14% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25%±88.2Lowest WI: 43.7% 88.9%±55.8Highest WI: 43.7%

Dodge and Cross are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.2%Lowest WI: 10.6% 16.5%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.1%Highest WI: 67.8% 86.7%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 1 yr newer than WI 1964Lowest 11 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 12% above WI 29 minHighest 29% above WI

Work from home 22.2%±13.8Highest WI: 13.1% 14.2%±8.7Lowest WI: 13.1%

Cross and Dodge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 23.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Lowest 0.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Winona (36%)La Crosse (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DodgeFew work in Cross

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 2.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Lowest 1.3Highest

Wisconsin average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Bordering Cross

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Marquette600 people · $306K homes

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Cross vs Dodge

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A typical home costs $600 more a month in Cross

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