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%

Unity$1,150/mo

Typical home $184K (Census) · tax rate 1.22% · Housing →

Unity$1,420/mo

Typical home $225K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.28% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Unity and Unity.

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

Unity and Unity share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

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Unity ↔ Unity3.4 miles apart · They share a border

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

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Snow a year51″45″

January low2°F —

July high79°F —

Growing season (days)136d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 22nd

Outdoors & history

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Archive photos—5

Community

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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

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People

Population 660Highest 378Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -14.5% WI: +3.6% —

Median age 44.3±9.2Highest 10% above WI 41.1±10.1Lowest about the WI average

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

Kids under 18 28.2%±4.9Highest WI: 21.4% 25.1%±6.6Lowest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 16.7%±2.6Highest WI: 18.5% 14.3%±4.7Lowest WI: 18.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.4%Lowest WI: 33.4% 10.5%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±0.8Lowest WI: 5.8% 2.4%±3.3Highest WI: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,591±$10kHighest 14% below WI $56,827±$10kLowest 27% below WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $184,200±$35kHighest 31% below WI $105,300±$8kLowest 60% below WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $850±$179 22% below WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,242Highest 41% below WI $1,353Lowest 64% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7% 10.3%±38.2Highest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 10.6%Lowest WI: 10.6% 17.9%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93.8%Highest WI: 67.8% 71.1%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest 3 yrs newer than WI 1960Lowest 15 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 10% below WI 21 minHighest 4% below WI

Work from home 18%±7.5Highest WI: 13.1% 12.2%±8.4Lowest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Highest 0.07Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Loyal (10%)Marshfield (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in UnityFew work in Unity

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.9Lowest 38.5Highest

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.

Unity vs Unity

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Unity

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