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%

Fox Point$3,840/mo

Typical home $553K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.03% · or rent about $1,726/mo · Housing →

Glendale$2,440/mo

Typical home $354K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.00% · or rent about $1,432/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,390 a month, about $16,700 a year, between Fox Point and Glendale.

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.

Report cards

Fox Point places higher on 10 of 21 WI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Wisconsin ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

A−Fox PointSafer than 84% of U.S. towns DGlendaleSafer than 9% of U.S. towns

Schools

AFox PointBetter than 92% of districts in the state CGlendaleBetter than 30% of districts in the state

Health

A+Fox PointHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns A−GlendaleHealthier than 83% of U.S. towns

10Fox Point

9Glendale

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 294 towns #282#17 SafestSafety · 161 towns #34#159 Most conserved landOutdoors · 356 towns #261#37 Highest incomeIncome · 371 towns #13#244 Shortest commuteGetting around · 371 towns #298#128 Most affordableCost of living · 371 towns #338#174 Best schoolsSchools · 262 towns #22#137 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 371 towns #168#92

Left end = #1 in Wisconsin. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fox Point’s rankings →

Where they are

Fox Point and Glendale share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Fox PointGlendale

Fox Point ↔ Glendale2.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

168 Fox Point residents work in Glendale (5.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Fox Point →

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

Fox PointGlendale

Snow a year40″40″

January low14°F 14°F

July high83°F 83°F

Growing season (days)173d 173d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 45th

Outdoors & history

Fox PointGlendale

Trails1 mi 4 mi

Conserved land2.3%11.8%

National Register places3 2

Archive photos6 6

Famous people born here1 2

Community

Fox PointGlendale

Library hours a week—54 hrs

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

Fox PointGlendale

People

Population 6,683Lowest 13,656Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.5%Lowest WI: +3.6% +3.8%Highest WI: +3.6%

Median age 44.1±3.2Lowest 10% above WI 44.9±3.3Highest 12% above WI

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

Kids under 18 24.6%±4Highest WI: 21.4% 20.6%±3.1Lowest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 23.1%±5.2Lowest WI: 18.5% 27.8%±4.1Highest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.1%Highest WI: 33.4% 59.2%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±1.3Highest WI: 5.8% 4.3%±1.3Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $141,467±$22kHighest 83% above WI $78,092±$16kLowest about the WI average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $444,700±$23kHighest 67% above WI $282,800±$22kLowest 6% above WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,726±$102Highest 59% above WI $1,432±$239Lowest 32% above WI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $9,031Highest 138% above WI $5,669Lowest 49% above WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 24.7%±5Lowest WI: 43.7% 58.1%±13.6Highest WI: 43.7%

Below poverty line 2.5%Lowest WI: 10.6% 10%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.2%Highest WI: 67.8% 69.5%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 18 yrs older than WI 1965Highest 10 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 18% above WI 21 minLowest 7% below WI

Work from home 33.3%±6Highest WI: 13.1% 25.7%±4.5Lowest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 8.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miHighest 7.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.39Lowest 2.22Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Milwaukee (38%)Milwaukee (37%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 5% work in GlendaleFew work in Fox Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Lowest 11.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 4.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 9Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 89.0Lowest 91.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #22 of 262 in WI #137 of 262 in WI

School district Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District · Fox Point J2 School DistrictGlendale-River Hills School District · Nicolet Union High School School District

High school in town None in townNicolet High

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.7

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

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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.

Fox Point vs Glendale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,390 more a month in Fox Point

Fox Point places higher on 10 of 21 WI lists

Fox Point and Glendale share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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