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 →

Jackson$2,710/mo

Typical home $428K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,151/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Mukwonago and Jackson.

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.

Report cards

Mukwonago places higher on 10 of 20 WI lists

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 –JacksonNot graded

Schools

AMukwonagoBetter than 85% of districts in the state A−JacksonBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

A−MukwonagoHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns A−JacksonHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns

10Mukwonago

7Jackson

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 371 towns #270#54 Shortest commuteGetting around · 371 towns #188#322 Most walkableOutdoors · 371 towns #175#62 Best schoolsSchools · 262 towns #86#30 Fastest growingGrowth · 358 towns #57#125 Most conserved landOutdoors · 356 towns #179#240 Lowest depressionHealth · 366 towns #29#78 Most new homesHousing · 294 towns #85#52

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

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

MukwonagoJackson

Snow a year37″54″

January low12°F 11°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)162d 154d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd 17th

Outdoors & history

MukwonagoJackson

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land4%2.7%

National Register places3 —

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here1 1

Community

MukwonagoJackson

Library hours a week60 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

33 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MukwonagoWI JacksonWI

Mukwonago ↔ Jackson33 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

MukwonagoJackson

People

Population 8,415Highest 8,003Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +12.3%Highest WI: +3.6% +6.4%Lowest WI: +3.6%

Median age 39.4±1.7Lowest about the WI average 42.6±3.4Highest 6% above WI

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±3.3Highest WI: 21.4% 19.3%±3.4Lowest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 16.6%±2.8Lowest WI: 18.5% 17.2%±3.4Highest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 37.4%Highest WI: 33.4% 35.7%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.8%±1.6Highest WI: 5.8% 2.8%±1.3Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $98,273±$4kHighest 27% above WI $93,170±$17kLowest 20% above WI

Mukwonago and Jackson 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 $321,500±$20kLowest 21% above WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,142±$44Lowest 5% above WI $1,151±$66Highest 6% above WI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,398Highest 16% above WI $4,235Lowest 12% above WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.2%±15.8Highest WI: 43.7% 36.7%±14Lowest WI: 43.7%

Mukwonago and Jackson 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% 6%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73%Highest WI: 67.8% 69.7%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 15 yrs newer than WI 1998Highest 23 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest about the WI average 28 minHighest 24% above WI

Work from home 15.4%±4.1Lowest WI: 13.1% 16.5%±5.2Highest WI: 13.1%

Jackson 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 5.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.35Highest 0.89Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Waukesha (11%)Milwaukee (15%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4%Highest 2.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 41.3Lowest 70.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #86 of 262 in WI #30 of 262 in WI

School district Mukwonago School DistrictWest Bend School District

High school in town Mukwonago HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0 —

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 Jackson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Mukwonago

Mukwonago places higher on 10 of 20 WI lists

What daily life feels like in each

33 miles apart

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