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%

Pershing$1,100/mo

Typical home $172K (Census) · tax rate 1.40% · Housing →

Mason$680/mo

Typical home $113K (Census) · tax rate 0.91% · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,100 a year, between Pershing and Mason.

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

Mason gets 32 more inches of snow a year

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

PershingMason

Snow a year42″74″

January low—3°F

July high—77°F

Growing season (days)—132d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 8th

Outdoors & history

PershingMason

Trails6 mi 2 mi

Conserved land27.6%5.9%

Community

PershingMason

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

83 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PershingTaylor County MasonWI

Pershing ↔ Mason83 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

PershingMason

People

Population 188Highest 93Lowest

Median age 39.7±5.1Lowest about the WI average 42.3±11.6Highest 5% above WI

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

Kids under 18 22.3%±5.1Lowest WI: 21.4% 28%±10.8Highest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±7.8Lowest WI: 18.5% 18.3%±31.7Highest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.7%Lowest WI: 33.4% 13.8%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.5%±5.4Highest WI: 5.8% 0%±15.2Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,750±$24kHighest 5% below WI $71,667±$29kLowest 8% below WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $171,900±$81kHighest 35% below WI $112,500±$43kLowest 58% below WI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,409Highest 36% below WI $1,028Lowest 73% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7% 42.9%±100Highest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 3.2%Lowest WI: 10.6% 12.9%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.8%Lowest WI: 67.8% 79.4%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Highest 16 yrs older than WI 1949Lowest 26 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 57% above WI 30 minLowest 33% above WI

Work from home 15.2%±23.6Highest WI: 13.1% 5%±4.6Lowest WI: 13.1%

Pershing and Mason 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 36.8 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Lowest 0.17Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Gilman (17%)Ashland (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MasonFew work in Pershing

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.6%Highest 5.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.3 miHighest 1.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Lowest 24.8Highest

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.

Pershing vs Mason

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Pershing

Mason gets 32 more inches of snow a year

83 miles apart

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