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%

Downing$1,820/mo

Typical home $298K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Stanton$1,700/mo

Typical home $266K (Census) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $975/mo · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Downing and Stanton.

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

Downing and Stanton share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

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Downing ↔ Stanton4.8 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

DowningStanton

Snow a year41″41″

January low5°F 5°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)143d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 49th

Outdoors & history

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Trails—17 mi

Conserved land—1%

Community

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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

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People

Population 271Lowest 865Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -4.2% WI: +3.6%

Median age 40.7±4Highest about the WI average 40.6±1.2Lowest about the WI average

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

Kids under 18 28%±6.6 WI: 21.4% 28%±3.5 WI: 21.4%

Age 65+ 10.7%±7.2Lowest WI: 18.5% 22.5%±4.2Highest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.1%Lowest WI: 33.4% 19.3%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.1%±4Lowest WI: 5.8% 2.5%±1.4Highest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,875±$17kLowest 20% below WI $98,681±$12kHighest 27% above WI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,300±$26kLowest 37% below WI $266,200±$30kHighest about the WI average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$226Lowest 29% below WI $975±$447Highest 10% below WI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,708Lowest 55% below WI $3,591Highest 5% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 21.4%±100Highest WI: 43.7% 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 6.3%Highest WI: 10.6% 4.6%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.8%Lowest WI: 67.8% 91.5%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 11 yrs older than WI 1994Highest 19 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 28% above WI 28 minLowest 25% above WI

Work from home 5.2%±3.5Lowest WI: 13.1% 7.2%±3.8Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.8 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Menomonie (27%)Menomonie (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in StantonFew work in Downing

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 17.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.2Highest 1.3Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

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