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%

Maple Plain$2,140/mo

Typical home $336K (Census) · tax rate 1.34% · or rent about $725/mo · Housing →

Roosevelt$1,430/mo

Typical home $243K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · Housing →

The difference: $710 a month, about $8,500 a year, between Maple Plain and Roosevelt.

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

Maple Plain and Roosevelt share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Maple PlainRoosevelt

Maple Plain ↔ Roosevelt5.2 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

Maple PlainRoosevelt

Snow a year56″56″

January low0°F 1°F

July high79°F 80°F

Growing season (days)152d 135d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)9th 26th

Outdoors & history

Maple PlainRoosevelt

Trails7 mi 12 mi

Conserved land12.7%11.4%

Community

Maple PlainRoosevelt

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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Only big differences vs Wisconsin average

Maple PlainRoosevelt

People

Population 779Highest 281Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.1% WI: +3.6% —

Median age 57.9±4.8Highest 44% above WI 38.8±4.5Lowest 3% below WI

Kids under 18 17.1%±4Lowest WI: 21.4% 29.5%±6.5Highest WI: 21.4%

Age 65+ 37.4%±8.4Highest WI: 18.5% 18.1%±3.5Lowest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.9%Highest WI: 33.4% 20.5%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±0.8Lowest WI: 5.8% 2.5%±4.3Highest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,667±$18kLowest 14% below WI $91,458±$9kHighest 18% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $336,400±$43kHighest 26% above WI $242,900±$22kLowest 9% below WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $725±$199 33% below WI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,513Highest 19% above WI $1,854Lowest 51% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.9%±47.6 WI: 43.7% —

Below poverty line 11.1%Highest WI: 10.6% 4.6%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.2%Lowest WI: 67.8% 96.4%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 12 yrs newer than WI 1983Lowest 8 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 7% above WI 29 minHighest 28% above WI

Work from home 15.3%±4.6Highest WI: 13.1% 2.9%±4.3Lowest WI: 13.1%

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Lowest 0.43Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cumberland (22%)Spooner (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RooseveltFew work in Maple Plain

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.7%Highest 11.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.7 miLowest 11.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.7Highest 0.9Lowest

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.

Maple Plain vs Roosevelt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $710 more a month in Maple Plain

Maple Plain and Roosevelt share a border

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