Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Wisconsin ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

BMukwonagoSafer than 64% of U.S. towns B+DeForestSafer than 70% of U.S. towns

Schools

AMukwonagoBetter than 85% of districts in the state B−DeForestBetter than 52% of districts in the state

Health

A−MukwonagoHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns ADeForestHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

7Mukwonago

14DeForest

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 366 towns #29#289 Most trailsOutdoors · 301 towns #199#103 Best schoolsSchools · 262 towns #86#167 Shortest commuteGetting around · 371 towns #188#295 Most new homesHousing · 294 towns #85#1 Cheapest rentCost of living · 348 towns #204#302 Lowest property taxCost of living · 371 towns #248#335 Most remote workersWork · 363 towns #107#42

Left end = #1 in Wisconsin. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Mukwonago’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Mukwonago

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%

Mukwonago$3,170/mo

Typical home $507K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $1,142/mo · Housing →

DeForest$2,970/mo

Typical home $451K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.60% · or rent about $1,442/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Mukwonago and DeForest.

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

MukwonagoDeForest

Snow a year37″43″

January low12°F 9°F

July high81°F 82°F

Growing season (days)162d 154d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd 39th

Outdoors & history

MukwonagoDeForest

Trails2 mi 6 mi

Conserved land4%3.3%

National Register places3 —

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

MukwonagoDeForest

Library hours a week60 hrs 64 hrs

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

58 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MukwonagoWI DeForestWI

Mukwonago ↔ DeForest58 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

MukwonagoDeForest

People

Population 8,415Lowest 11,501Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +12.3%Lowest WI: +3.6% +21%Highest WI: +3.6%

Median age 39.4±1.7Lowest about the WI average 40.7±2.6Highest about the WI average

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±3.3Lowest WI: 21.4% 25.6%±4Highest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 16.6%±2.8Highest WI: 18.5% 15.6%±3.1Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 37.4%Lowest WI: 33.4% 41.7%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±1.6Lowest WI: 5.8% 5%±1.7Highest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $98,273±$4kLowest 27% above WI $106,419±$7kHighest 37% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $366,200±$21kHighest 37% above WI $359,600±$18kLowest 35% above WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,142±$44Lowest 5% above WI $1,442±$143Highest 33% above WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,398Lowest 16% above WI $5,747Highest 52% above WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.2%±15.8Highest WI: 43.7% 29.3%±10.5Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 4.2%Lowest WI: 10.6% 5.7%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73%Lowest WI: 67.8% 77.9%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 15 yrs newer than WI 1993Highest 18 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest about the WI average 26 minHighest 18% above WI

Work from home 15.4%±4.1Lowest WI: 13.1% 20%±3.9Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.2%Highest 10.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.35Highest 1.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Waukesha (11%)Madison (41%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeForestFew work in Mukwonago

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4%Highest 3.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miLowest 5.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 19Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 41.3Lowest 49.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #86 of 262 in WI #167 of 262 in WI

School district Mukwonago School DistrictDe Forest Area School District

High school in town Mukwonago HighDe Forest High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0Highest 14.2Lowest

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.

Mukwonago vs DeForest

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

DeForest places higher on 14 of 22 WI lists

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Mukwonago

What daily life feels like in each

58 miles apart

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