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%

Pilsen$1,260/mo

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

Orienta$1,260/mo

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

PilsenOrienta

Snow a year74″61″

January low3°F 7°F

July high77°F 75°F

Growing season (days)132d 145d

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

Outdoors & history

PilsenOrienta

Trails20 mi 10 mi

Conserved land67.9%16.2%

Community

PilsenOrienta

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.

PilsenOrienta

Pilsen ↔ Orienta16 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

PilsenOrienta

People

Population 235Highest 225Lowest

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

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

Kids under 18 20.4%±8.7Highest WI: 21.4% 20%±5.8Lowest 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+ 20.9%±5Lowest WI: 18.5% 22.7%±10.3Highest 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+ 33.9%Lowest WI: 33.4% 49.7%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±5Lowest WI: 5.8% 20.9%±12.5Highest 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 $93,333±$19kHighest 20% above WI $68,750±$42kLowest 11% below 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 $210,900±$35kLowest 21% below WI $213,600±$91kHighest 20% 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 $1,884Highest 50% below WI $1,625Lowest 57% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 80%±100Highest WI: 43.7% 0%±100Lowest 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 4%Lowest WI: 10.6% 7.6%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 94.6%Lowest WI: 67.8% 95.9%Highest 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 36 minHighest 60% above WI 24 minLowest 8% above WI

Work from home 2.3%±2.2Lowest WI: 13.1% 5.5%±4.7Highest 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 13.3 miLowest 31.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in OrientaFew work in Pilsen

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 67.9%Highest 16.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 20.0 miHighest 9.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

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

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

Deciding?

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Bordering Pilsen

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Keystone360 people · $193K homes

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Barksdale881 people · $270K homes

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Eileen811 people · $280K homes

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Iron River1,294 people · $250K homes

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Ford410 people · $261K homes

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North Bend377 people · $244K homes

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Monticello124 people · $219K homes

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Roosevelt281 people · $243K 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.

Pilsen vs Orienta

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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