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%

Maxville$1,230/mo

Typical home $203K (Census) · tax rate 1.00% · Housing →

St. Cloud$2,220/mo

Typical home $339K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

The difference: $980 a month, about $11,800 a year, between St. Cloud and Maxville.

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.

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

MaxvilleSt. Cloud

Snow a year40″45″

January low—12°F

July high—81°F

Growing season (days)—159d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 4th

Outdoors & history

MaxvilleSt. Cloud

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land12.4%—

Community

MaxvilleSt. Cloud

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

196 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MaxvilleBuffalo County St. CloudWI

Maxville ↔ St. Cloud196 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

MaxvilleSt. Cloud

People

Population 403Lowest 454Highest

Median age 44.7±4.2Highest 11% above WI 43±5.6Lowest 7% above WI

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

Kids under 18 22.1%±3.2Highest WI: 21.4% 20.9%±4.5Lowest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 16.1%±4.6Highest WI: 18.5% 14.8%±3.6Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.6%Highest WI: 33.4% 20.2%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.4%±5.8Highest WI: 5.8% 0.2%±2.3Lowest WI: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $122,813±$19kHighest 58% above WI $100,357±$12kLowest 30% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $202,900±$82kHighest 24% below WI $194,600±$14kLowest 27% below WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $757±$117 30% below WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,033Lowest 46% below WI $3,009Highest 21% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 9.1%±100Lowest WI: 43.7% 14.3%±66Highest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 2.7%Highest WI: 10.6% 2%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.9%Highest WI: 67.8% 85.3%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 17 yrs newer than WI 1953Lowest 22 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 43% above WI 27 minLowest 21% above WI

Work from home 23.2%±9.5Highest WI: 13.1% 11.1%±5.3Lowest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 2%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.36Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Alma (12%)Fond du Lac (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in St. CloudFew work in Maxville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.9Lowest 19.3Highest

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.

Maxville vs St. Cloud

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $980 more a month in St. Cloud

What daily life feels like in each

196 miles apart

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