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%

Glendale$2,440/mo

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

Fox Point$3,840/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

9Glendale

10Fox Point

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

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

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

Where they are

Glendale and Fox Point share a border

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

GlendaleFox Point

Glendale ↔ Fox Point2.6 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

GlendaleFox Point

Snow a year40″40″

January low14°F 14°F

July high83°F 83°F

Growing season (days)173d 173d

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

Outdoors & history

GlendaleFox Point

Trails4 mi 1 mi

Conserved land11.8%2.3%

National Register places2 3

Archive photos6 6

Famous people born here2 1

Community

GlendaleFox Point

Library hours a week54 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

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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

GlendaleFox Point

People

Population 13,656Highest 6,683Lowest

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

Median age 44.9±3.3Highest 12% above WI 44.1±3.2Lowest 10% 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 20.6%±3.1Lowest WI: 21.4% 24.6%±4Highest 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+ 27.8%±4.1Highest WI: 18.5% 23.1%±5.2Lowest 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+ 59.2%Lowest WI: 33.4% 72.1%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1.3Lowest WI: 5.8% 5%±1.3Highest 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 $78,092±$16kLowest about the WI average $141,467±$22kHighest 83% above WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,432±$239Lowest 32% above WI $1,726±$102Highest 59% 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 $5,669Lowest 49% above WI $9,031Highest 138% above WI

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 25.7%±4.5Lowest WI: 13.1% 33.3%±6Highest 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 8.4%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Fox Point5% work in Glendale

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.8%Highest 2.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.4 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 5Lowest

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

Schools

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

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

High school in town Nicolet HighNone in town

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.

Glendale vs Fox Point

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

Glendale and Fox Point share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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