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%

Orienta$1,260/mo

Typical home $214K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · Housing →

Pilsen$1,260/mo

Typical home $211K (Census) · tax rate 0.89% · 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

OrientaPilsen

Snow a year61″74″

January low7°F 3°F

July high75°F 77°F

Growing season (days)145d 132d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)9th 8th

Outdoors & history

OrientaPilsen

Trails10 mi 20 mi

Conserved land16.2%67.9%

Community

OrientaPilsen

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

16 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OrientaPilsen

Orienta ↔ Pilsen16 miles apart · Same county

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

OrientaPilsen

People

Population 225Lowest 235Highest

Median age 42.3±0.8Highest 5% above WI 37.2±8.1Lowest 7% below WI

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

Kids under 18 20%±5.8Lowest WI: 21.4% 20.4%±8.7Highest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 22.7%±10.3Highest WI: 18.5% 20.9%±5Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.7%Highest WI: 33.4% 33.9%Lowest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 20.9%±12.5Highest WI: 5.8% 6.8%±5Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,750±$42kLowest 11% below WI $93,333±$19kHighest 20% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $213,600±$91kHighest 20% below WI $210,900±$35kLowest 21% below WI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,625Lowest 57% below WI $1,884Highest 50% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7% 80%±100Highest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 7.6%Highest WI: 10.6% 4%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.9%Highest WI: 67.8% 94.6%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990 15 yrs newer than WI 1990 15 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 8% above WI 36 minHighest 60% above WI

Work from home 5.5%±4.7Highest WI: 13.1% 2.3%±2.2Lowest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Lowest 0.13Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Superior (14%)Ashland (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PilsenFew work in Orienta

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.2%Lowest 67.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.5 miLowest 20.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Lowest 1.2Highest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Bordering Orienta

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Port Wing345 people · $184K homes

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Oulu477 people · $257K homes

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Tripp308 people · $251K homes

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Cloverland199 people · $213K homes

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Forest359 people · $171K homes

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Nelsonville190 people · $161K homes

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Peeksville160 people · $156K homes

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New Lyme158 people · $282K homes

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.

Orienta vs Pilsen

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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