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%

Lucas$1,770/mo

Typical home $281K (Census) · tax rate 1.26% · or rent about $1,125/mo · Housing →

Cady$2,140/mo

Typical home $352K (Census) · tax rate 1.00% · Housing →

The difference: $370 a month, about $4,400 a year, between Cady and Lucas.

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

Lucas and Cady share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LucasCady

Lucas ↔ Cady6.0 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

LucasCady

Snow a year41″41″

January low5°F 5°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)143d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th 30th

Outdoors & history

LucasCady

Trails8 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.5%0%

Community

LucasCady

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

LucasCady

People

Population 693Lowest 848Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.6%Lowest WI: +3.6% +7.2%Highest WI: +3.6%

Median age 41.9±6.7Highest 4% above WI 38.5±7.4Lowest 4% below WI

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

Kids under 18 19.8%±4.1Lowest WI: 21.4% 33.4%±6.7Highest WI: 21.4%

Age 65+ 19.2%±3.3Highest WI: 18.5% 15.2%±4.8Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.2%Lowest WI: 33.4% 24.9%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±1.8 WI: 5.8% 1.7%±0.6 WI: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $92,000±$17kLowest 19% above WI $105,313±$10kHighest 36% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $281,000±$32kLowest 5% above WI $351,900±$33kHighest 32% above WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,125±$549 3% above WI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,535Highest 7% below WI $3,522Lowest 7% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 23.1%±55.3Highest WI: 43.7% 11.5%±68Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Lowest WI: 10.6% 14.2%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.3%Lowest WI: 67.8% 88.7%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest same as WI 1981Highest 6 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 6% above WI 35 minHighest 57% above WI

Work from home 12.1%±6.6Lowest WI: 13.1% 16.8%±6.3Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 1%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 25.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.40Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Menomonie (33%)Baldwin (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CadyFew work in Lucas

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 8.4 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.6 1.6

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.

Lucas vs Cady

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $370 more a month in Cady

Lucas and Cady share a border

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