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%

Morris$1,080/mo

Typical home $169K (Census) · tax rate 1.39% · or rent about $1,563/mo · Housing →

Almon$1,110/mo

Typical home $177K (Census) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $488/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

MorrisAlmon

Snow a year48″48″

January low6°F 6°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)144d 144d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 27th

Outdoors & history

MorrisAlmon

Trails7 mi 14 mi

Conserved land1.5%0.7%

Community

MorrisAlmon

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

MorrisAlmon

People

Population 459Lowest 590Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -1.5% WI: +3.6%

Median age 54.1±4.6Highest 35% above WI 36.6±7.9Lowest 9% below WI

Kids under 18 21.8%±2.6Lowest WI: 21.4% 30.7%±5.4Highest WI: 21.4%

Age 65+ 29.6%±9.4Highest WI: 18.5% 18.5%±3.4Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.8%Lowest WI: 33.4% 21.1%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±2.8Lowest WI: 5.8% 3.9%±2.9Highest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,500±$25kLowest 22% below WI $62,727±$18kHighest 19% below WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $169,000±$48kLowest 37% below WI $176,800±$38kHighest 34% below WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,563±$611Highest 44% above WI $488±$23Lowest 55% below WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,352Highest 38% below WI $2,163Lowest 43% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.1%±100Highest WI: 43.7% 33.3%±100Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 22%Highest WI: 10.6% 15.8%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 94.7%Highest WI: 67.8% 91.6%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 5 yrs older than WI 1980Highest 5 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 10% above WI 27 minHighest 20% above WI

Work from home 10.9%±6.5Lowest WI: 13.1% 12%±5.8Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.4%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.8 miHighest 22.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Highest 0.49Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Marion (7%)Tigerton (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlmonFew work in Morris

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.0 miLowest 13.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.1Lowest 1.5Highest

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.

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