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Fox Crossing, WI vs Greenfield, WI

Fox Crossing

Wisconsin

vs

Greenfield

Wisconsin

Across 35 directional measures we can compare, Fox Crossing leads on 27 and Greenfield on 8. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 16% higher in Greenfield, while median household income is higher in Fox Crossing.

Median gross rent
$1,009$1,170
Fox Crossing is 14% lower
Median household income
$79,187$70,459
Fox Crossing is 12% higher
Median home value
$248,100$261,100
Fox Crossing is 5% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $69,400 a year left in Fox Crossing and $58,200 in Greenfield. Money goes further in Fox Crossing, by about $11,100 a year.
  • A household earning Fox Crossing's median of $79,187 would need about $81,000 in Greenfield to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 1.9 points a year in Fox Crossing, and rent outran pay by 0.8 points a year in Greenfield.

How these are calculated

WisconsinGreenfield, WIFox Crossing, WIFox CrossingGreenfieldFox CrossingGreenfield

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Your weights

Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Fox Crossing, WIComposite 73.8 / 100
98
80735285905574
02Greenfield, WIComposite 55.8 / 100
66
5367534668689

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureFox CrossingGreenfieldAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,009$1,170
Rent to income115.3%19.9%
Property tax rate11.6%1.8%
Home price to income13.1x3.7x
Prices vs US average292.996.9
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,195$1,263
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$4,022$4,705
Median home value1$248,100$261,100
Home prices, 1-year change46.3%5.8%
Home prices, 5-year change463.5%56.1%
Homeownership159.6%54.8%
Renters paying 30%+131.6%42.7%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,662$1,800
Vacant homes16.0%3.0%
Median year built119821974
Jobs and income
Median household income1$79,187$70,459
Income per person1$44,701$42,974
Unemployment12.2%2.5%
Average annual pay5$67,173$72,113
Pay growth, 1 year54.3%4.3%
Jobs593,391467,199
Poverty rate18.2%8.6%
Mean commute118 min22 min
Works from home112.3%14.4%
Commutes by transit10.5%3.5%
People
Population119,13137,345
Population change since 202061.8%-1.7%
Median age138.342.0
Bachelor's or higher133.3%33.5%
High school or higher194.6%94.2%
Household size12.22.1
Born abroad13.1%10.8%
No health insurance14.0%6.4%
Homes with broadband192.6%90.5%
Moving
Moved here in the past year19.0%3.0%
Moved from another state12.5%0.9%
Net movers per 1,000 people70.9-8.2
Income of households moving in7$58,997$59,462
Income of households moving out7$62,276$74,216
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k822.422.9
Shops per 10k826.426.8
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k84.93.5
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k819.420.0
Child care centers per 10k81.65.6
Parks per 10k923.012.1
Playgrounds per 10k914.615.0
Grocery stores per 10k91.64.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k97.818.7
Libraries per 10k90.00.5
Named paths and bike trails925.511.4
Transit stops per sq mi94.411.4
Nearest National Park Service site1082.389.7
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1000
National Register listings11931
Safety
Violent crime per 100k1277105
Property crime per 100k124222,212
Schools
Public schools13489
Public school students1321,4494,846
Students per teacher1313.513.2
Climate
July average high1482°F81°F
January average low1410°F15°F
Average temperature1446°F48°F
Annual precipitation1432.8 in34.5 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1586.898.4
Hurricane risk1516.918.8
Tornado risk1591.399.0
Wildfire risk1540.229.5
Heat wave risk1575.099.0
Median air quality index16n/a43
Good air days16n/a62.5%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Fox Crossing $40,360, Greenfield $46,800 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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