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%

Modena$1,380/mo

Typical home $232K (Census) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $1,063/mo · Housing →

Maxville$1,230/mo

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

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Modena 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

ModenaMaxville

Snow a year40″40″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 49th

Outdoors & history

ModenaMaxville

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—12.4%

Famous people born here1 —

Community

ModenaMaxville

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

10 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ModenaMaxville

Modena ↔ Maxville10 miles apart · Same county

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

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Only big differences vs Wisconsin average

ModenaMaxville

People

Population 343Lowest 403Highest

Median age 46.9±4.1Highest 17% above WI 44.7±4.2Lowest 11% above WI

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

Kids under 18 19%±5.1Lowest WI: 21.4% 22.1%±3.2Highest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 27.1%±5Highest WI: 18.5% 16.1%±4.6Lowest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.6%Highest WI: 33.4% 21.6%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±3Lowest WI: 5.8% 8.4%±5.8Highest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $93,125±$4kLowest 20% above WI $122,813±$19kHighest 58% above WI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $231,900±$41kHighest 13% below WI $202,900±$82kLowest 24% below WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,063±$456 about the WI average —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,990Lowest 48% below WI $2,033Highest 46% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7% 9.1%±100Highest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Highest WI: 10.6% 2.7%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85%Lowest WI: 67.8% 88.9%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 37 yrs older than WI 1992Highest 17 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 34% above WI 32 minHighest 43% above WI

Work from home 4.3%±4.2Lowest WI: 13.1% 23.2%±9.5Highest WI: 13.1%

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Lowest 2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.32Lowest 0.36Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Eau Claire (14%)Alma (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MaxvilleFew work in Modena

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 12.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.9 0.9

Wisconsin average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Nelson470 people · $302K homes

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Gilmanton355 people · $238K homes

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Alma291 people · $234K homes

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Canton241 people · $264K homes

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Ridgeville406 people · $304K homes

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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.

Modena vs Maxville

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