Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cedarburg grades A− overall, 105th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin. Its schools outperform 96% of the state's. Residents are healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $124K. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $474K, 6.1 years of the Milwaukee metro’s $78K median household income. Cedarburg’s median rent is $3,202 a month, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at $1,076 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Cedarburg has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Covered Bridge and Concordia Mill.
Where Cedarburg beats most towns.
Where Cedarburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Cedarburg is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 945 in 1880, 12,121 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1846 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedarburg, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Cedarburg.
Cedarburg has schools in the top 5% of Wisconsin, has less food insecurity than most of Wisconsin and has fewer 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Its A+ ranks #4 of the 362 Wisconsin towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $474K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Borgia School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 302 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Wisconsin is food insecurity: 7.3% of its 14,071 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.1% statewide. Against the 5,155 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cedarburg’s, it is healthier than 69%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
26% of adults feel lonely in Cedarburg. Cedarburg beats the Wisconsin average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Cedarburg.
| Cedarburg | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cedarburg | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 12.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cedarburg.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 790 in 2013 to 1,088.
Most working residents leave Cedarburg for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Cedarburg grew to 1,088 in 2023, 298 more than in 2013. 19% of Cedarburg workers work from home.
| Cedarburg | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Germantown weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 7 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 80% of Wisconsin places with climate records. January nights average 12.8°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 94% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 81°.
Cedarburg has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Cedarburg is 81°F. About 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Cedarburg | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 81°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 13°F | 11°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Pleasant Valley Nature Park and Trails, at 81 acres. Cedarburg’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Cedarburg | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pleasant Valley Nature Park and Trails | 0.9 mi | 81 |
| 2. Covered Bridge Park | 0.3 mi | 12 |
| 3. Hamilton Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedarburg. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
21 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
20 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
21 mi MuseumNature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin
21 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a year
15 mi Park & preserveKettle Moraine State ForestFiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin: The original uploader was Sulfur at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Kettle Moraine State Forest: self, CC BY-SA 2.5
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cedarburg
About 4 of every 100 Cedarburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
3 places in Cedarburg on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Cedarburg ( SEE-dər-burg) is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Located about 20 miles (32 km) north of Milwaukee and in close proximity to Interstate 43, it is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The city incorporated in 1885, and at the time of the 2020 census the population was 12,121. Like many of Ozaukee County's cities and villages, the City of Cedarburg began as a mill town. German immigrants began building hydropowered gristmills and woolen mills along Cedar Creek in the 1840s. The community that sprang up around the mills is now downtown Cedarburg. The city was distinctly German into the early 20th century, with several Lutheran churches, a brewery, a Euro…
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6 towns share a border with Cedarburg.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarburg | #105 | A− | D | — | A+ | A |
| Cedarburg | #10 | A+ | C− | A | A+ | A |
| Grafton | #51 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
| Grafton | #57 | A | C | — | A | A |
| Jackson | #84 | A | C | — | A− | A− |
| Mequon | #34 | A | D | A− | A+ | A |
| Trenton | #148 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
Cedarburg, Grafton, Jackson and Trenton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cedarburg with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cedarburg grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #105 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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