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 →

Middleton$4,330/mo

Typical home $689K (Census) · tax rate 1.24% · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Middleton and Fox Point.

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 11 of 19 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 –MiddletonNot graded

Schools

AFox PointBetter than 92% of districts in the state AMiddletonBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

A+Fox PointHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns A+MiddletonHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

11Fox Point

7Middleton

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 371 towns #32#230 Shortest commuteGetting around · 371 towns #298#107 Fastest growingGrowth · 358 towns #192#37 Most conserved landOutdoors · 356 towns #261#136 Highest graduation rateSchools · 301 towns #25#127 Lowest depressionHealth · 366 towns #29#78 Most affordableCost of living · 371 towns #338#371 Best schoolsSchools · 262 towns #22#45

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

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 PointMiddleton

Snow a year40″39″

January low14°F 10°F

July high83°F 82°F

Growing season (days)173d 169d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 18th

Outdoors & history

Fox PointMiddleton

Trails1 mi 24 mi

Conserved land2.3%5.7%

National Register places3 1

Archive photos6 24

Famous people born here1 7

Community

Fox PointMiddleton

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.

Where they are

84 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Fox PointWI MiddletonDane County

Fox Point ↔ Middleton84 miles apart

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 PointMiddleton

People

Population 6,683Lowest 6,807Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.5%Lowest WI: +3.6% +15.6%Highest WI: +3.6%

Median age 44.1±3.2Highest 10% above WI 42.9±2.8Lowest 7% above WI

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

Kids under 18 24.6%±4Lowest WI: 21.4% 31.6%±5.2Highest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 23.1%±5.2Highest WI: 18.5% 15.5%±4.5Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.1%Lowest WI: 33.4% 72.7%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±1.3Highest WI: 5.8% 2.5%±1.6Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $141,467±$22kLowest 83% above WI $203,646±$54kHighest 163% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $444,700±$23kLowest 67% above WI $689,400±$40kHighest 159% above WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,726±$102Lowest 59% above WI $3,501Highest 222% above WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $9,031Highest 138% above WI $8,574Lowest 126% above WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 24.7%±5Highest WI: 43.7% 0%±29.8Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 2.5%Lowest WI: 10.6% 6.1%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.2%Lowest WI: 67.8% 94.5%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 18 yrs older than WI 1998Highest 23 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 18% above WI 20 minLowest 11% below WI

Work from home 33.3%±6Highest WI: 13.1% 22.7%±5.5Lowest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.39Highest 0.21Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Milwaukee (38%)Madison (47%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MiddletonFew work in Fox Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 19Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 89.0Highest 17.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #22 of 262 in WI #45 of 262 in WI

School district Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District · Fox Point J2 School DistrictMiddleton-Cross Plains Area School District

High school in town None in townNone in town

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.

Fox Point vs Middleton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Middleton

Fox Point places higher on 11 of 19 WI lists

What daily life feels like in each

84 miles apart

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