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%

Oostburg$2,020/mo

Typical home $318K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $936/mo · Housing →

Lyons$2,680/mo

Typical home $439K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.03% · or rent about $1,221/mo · Housing →

The difference: $660 a month, about $7,900 a year, between Lyons and Oostburg.

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

Oostburg places higher on 13 of 18 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.

Schools

AOostburgBetter than 91% of districts in the state BLyonsBetter than 58% of districts in the state

Health

B+OostburgHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns BLyonsHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns

13Oostburg

3Lyons

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 301 towns #25#179 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 366 towns #39#217 Fastest growingGrowth · 358 towns #140#310 Cheapest rentCost of living · 348 towns #104#245 Most walkableOutdoors · 371 towns #147#294 Lowest obesityHealth · 366 towns #102#244 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 371 towns #253#115 Most conserved landOutdoors · 356 towns #321#212

Left end = #1 in Wisconsin. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Oostburg’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

OostburgLyons

Snow a year49″38″

January low12°F 12°F

July high80°F 81°F

Growing season (days)165d 156d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)10th 23rd

Outdoors & history

OostburgLyons

Trails0 mi 15 mi

Conserved land0.8%3.3%

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

OostburgLyons

Library hours a week49 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

75 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OostburgWI LyonsWalworth County

Oostburg ↔ Lyons75 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

OostburgLyons

People

Population 3,058Lowest 3,640Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.9%Highest WI: +3.6% -1.4%Lowest WI: +3.6%

Median age 45.9±4.3Lowest 14% above WI 47.3±4Highest 18% above WI

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

Kids under 18 20.5%±4.3Highest WI: 21.4% 19.3%±4.3Lowest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 22.6%±4.9Lowest WI: 18.5% 22.7%±5.8Highest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.3%Lowest WI: 33.4% 30.6%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.9%±2Highest WI: 5.8% 3.6%±2Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,857±$18kHighest 13% above WI $83,919±$16kLowest 8% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $246,900±$31kLowest 7% below WI $315,900±$56kHighest 19% above WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $936±$114Lowest 14% below WI $1,221±$461Highest 12% above WI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,254Lowest 14% below WI $3,261Highest 14% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.2%±20.4Highest WI: 43.7% 14.2%±6.7Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 7.6%Lowest WI: 10.6% 9.8%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.9%Lowest WI: 67.8% 82.4%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 6 yrs newer than WI 1976Lowest 1 yr newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 8% above WI 25 minHighest 14% above WI

Work from home 7.4%±3.9Highest WI: 13.1% 1.7%±1.5Lowest WI: 13.1%

Work in townworking residents 17.5%Highest 2.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.05Highest 0.86Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sheboygan (19%)Lake Geneva (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LyonsFew work in Oostburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 14.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.3Highest 5.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #40 of 262 in WI—

School district Oostburg School District—

High school in town Oostburg High—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.0 —

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.

Oostburg vs Lyons

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $660 more a month in Lyons

Oostburg places higher on 13 of 18 WI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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