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%

St. Cloud$2,220/mo

Typical home $339K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

Maxville$1,230/mo

Typical home $203K (Census) · tax rate 1.00% · Housing →

The difference: $980 a month, about $11,800 a year, between St. Cloud and Maxville.

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

St. CloudMaxville

Snow a year45″40″

January low12°F —

July high81°F —

Growing season (days)159d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)4th 49th

Outdoors & history

St. CloudMaxville

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—12.4%

Community

St. CloudMaxville

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

196 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

St. CloudWI MaxvilleBuffalo County

St. Cloud ↔ Maxville196 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

St. CloudMaxville

People

Population 454Highest 403Lowest

Median age 43±5.6Lowest 7% above WI 44.7±4.2Highest 11% above WI

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

Kids under 18 20.9%±4.5Lowest WI: 21.4% 22.1%±3.2Highest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 14.8%±3.6Lowest WI: 18.5% 16.1%±4.6Highest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.2%Lowest WI: 33.4% 21.6%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.2%±2.3Lowest WI: 5.8% 8.4%±5.8Highest WI: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $100,357±$12kLowest 30% above WI $122,813±$19kHighest 58% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $194,600±$14kLowest 27% below WI $202,900±$82kHighest 24% below WI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $757±$117 30% below WI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,009Highest 21% below WI $2,033Lowest 46% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14.3%±66Highest WI: 43.7% 9.1%±100Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 2%Lowest WI: 10.6% 2.7%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.3%Lowest WI: 67.8% 88.9%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1953Lowest 22 yrs older than WI 1992Highest 17 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 21% above WI 32 minHighest 43% above WI

Work from home 11.1%±5.3Lowest WI: 13.1% 23.2%±9.5Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Lowest 2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.36Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fond du Lac (17%)Alma (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MaxvilleFew work in St. Cloud

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 12.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 19.3Highest 0.9Lowest

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.

St. Cloud vs Maxville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $980 more a month in St. Cloud

What daily life feels like in each

196 miles apart

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