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%

Riverview$1,160/mo

Typical home $191K (Census) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $754/mo · Housing →

Doty$1,560/mo

Typical home $254K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Doty and Riverview.

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.

Where they are

Riverview and Doty share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

RiverviewDoty

Riverview ↔ Doty8.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

3 Doty residents work in Riverview (3.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Doty →

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

RiverviewDoty

Snow a year61″55″

January low4°F —

July high79°F —

Growing season (days)129d —

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

Outdoors & history

RiverviewDoty

Trails70 mi 90 mi

Conserved land71.5%71.9%

Settled—1922

National Register places1 —

Community

RiverviewDoty

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.

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

RiverviewDoty

People

Population 776Highest 298Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13% WI: +3.6% —

Median age 61.3±3.7Lowest 52% above WI 66.3±1.6Highest 65% above WI

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

Kids under 18 14.6%±3.7Highest WI: 21.4% 1.7%±7.7Lowest WI: 21.4%

Age 65+ 39.6%±8.6Lowest WI: 18.5% 57.7%±4Highest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.6%Lowest WI: 33.4% 25.6%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±1.7Highest WI: 5.8% 1.7%±1.9Lowest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,875±$16kLowest 27% below WI $64,688±$18kHighest 17% below WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $191,100±$17kLowest 28% below WI $253,800±$53kHighest 5% below WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $754±$263 31% below WI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,932Lowest 49% below WI $2,703Highest 29% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.1%±79.2Highest WI: 43.7% 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 14.8%Highest WI: 10.6% 9.1%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.4%Lowest WI: 67.8% 97.6%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 9 yrs newer than WI 1985Highest 10 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minLowest 51% above WI 37 minHighest 65% above WI

Work from home 9.7%±5.7Lowest WI: 13.1% 30.3%±35.9Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.2%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 37.8 miLowest 46.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.51Highest 0.16Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Townsend (8%)Lakewood (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Doty4% work in Riverview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 71.5%Lowest 71.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 70.2 miLowest 89.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.8Highest 2.1Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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Mountain923 people · $205K homes

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Lakewood787 people · $234K homes

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Stephenson3,552 people · $175K homes

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Townsend1,020 people · $253K homes

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Flambeau474 people · $176K 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.

Riverview vs Doty

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Doty

Riverview and Doty share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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