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%

Waunakee$3,820/mo

Typical home $586K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.53% · or rent about $1,324/mo · Housing →

Fox Point$3,840/mo

Typical home $553K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.03% · or rent about $1,726/mo · 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.

Report cards

Fox Point places higher on 13 of 21 WI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Wisconsin ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

A+WaunakeeSafer than 95% of U.S. towns A−Fox PointSafer than 84% of U.S. towns

Schools

AWaunakeeBetter than 94% of districts in the state AFox PointBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

AWaunakeeHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns A+Fox PointHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

7Waunakee

13Fox Point

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 294 towns #41#282 Fastest growingGrowth · 358 towns #12#192 Lowest depressionHealth · 366 towns #178#29 Most conserved landOutdoors · 356 towns #134#261 Shortest commuteGetting around · 371 towns #173#298 SafestSafety · 161 towns #3#34 Cheapest rentCost of living · 348 towns #274#333 Lowest obesityHealth · 366 towns #31#3

Left end = #1 in Wisconsin. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Waunakee’s rankings →

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

WaunakeeFox Point

Snow a year52″40″

January low12°F 14°F

July high82°F 83°F

Growing season (days)160d 173d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 25th

Outdoors & history

WaunakeeFox Point

Trails4 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.7%2.3%

National Register places1 3

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—1

Community

WaunakeeFox Point

Library hours a week62 hrs —

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

78 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WaunakeeWI Fox PointWI

Waunakee ↔ Fox Point78 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

WaunakeeFox Point

People

Population 15,687Highest 6,683Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +23%Highest WI: +3.6% +3.5%Lowest WI: +3.6%

Median age 39.6±1.9Lowest about the WI average 44.1±3.2Highest 10% above WI

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

Kids under 18 28.6%±3.6Highest WI: 21.4% 24.6%±4Lowest WI: 21.4%

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

Age 65+ 14.6%±2.5Lowest WI: 18.5% 23.1%±5.2Highest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 63.8%Lowest WI: 33.4% 72.1%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1Lowest WI: 5.8% 5%±1.3Highest WI: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $125,220±$11kLowest 62% above WI $141,467±$22kHighest 83% above WI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $515,900±$34kHighest 94% above WI $444,700±$23kLowest 67% above WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,324±$160Lowest 22% above WI $1,726±$102Highest 59% above WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,899Lowest 108% above WI $9,031Highest 138% above WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.9%±12.6Highest WI: 43.7% 24.7%±5Lowest WI: 43.7%

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

Below poverty line 2.8%Highest WI: 10.6% 2.5%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.4%Highest WI: 67.8% 77.2%Lowest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1998Highest 23 yrs newer than WI 1957Lowest 18 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest about the WI average 26 minHighest 18% above WI

Work from home 24.2%±4.2Lowest WI: 13.1% 33.3%±6Highest WI: 13.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 14%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.84Highest 0.39Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Madison (43%)Milwaukee (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Fox PointFew work in Waunakee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.7%Highest 2.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.5 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 29Highest 5Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 84.0Lowest 89.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #35 of 262 in WI #22 of 262 in WI

School district Waunakee Community School DistrictMaple Dale-Indian Hill School District · Fox Point J2 School District

High school in town Waunakee HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 12.9 —

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.

Waunakee vs Fox Point

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Fox Point places higher on 13 of 21 WI lists

What daily life feels like in each

78 miles apart

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