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A town of 4,554, settled in 1846. 53% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Trash day: ThursdaySaukville grades B+ overall, 159th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 85% of Wisconsin towns and natural-hazard risk is low. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 69% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $412K, 5.3 years of the Milwaukee metro’s $78K median household income. Saukville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 91% of U.S. towns. 55% of households own their home in Saukville, against 74% in Wisconsin’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Payne Hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Saukville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Saukville Elementary | PK–4 | 303 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Saukville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 330 in 1920, 4,258 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1848 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Saukville, 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 Saukville.
Saukville trades workers with Milwaukee and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by Wisconsin’s and has colder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Its public schools are run by the Port Washington-Saukville School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saukville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 303 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 29 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Saukville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
21% of Saukville adults binge drink. Saukville beats the Wisconsin average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Saukville adults feel lonely.
| Saukville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 36% |
| What stands out | Saukville | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 29.1% | 33.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.1% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical home values rose 7.1% in the year to September 2026. Saukville’s median rent is $942 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 13.6°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 97% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 80.4°.
Saukville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Saukville is 80°F. About 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Saukville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 80°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 14°F | 11°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Saukville has about as many jobs (2,388) as working residents, but only 147 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Saukville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (15%), Grafton (8%) and Port Washington (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Saukville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 6.3% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Wisconsin average. 15% of residents are 65 or older in Saukville. Saukville has grown 6.9% since 2020, to 4,554 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Saukville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.8 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Saukville | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.6% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,600, single groups can be off by several points
0.0 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Schowalter Park, at 34 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schowalter Park | — | 34 |
| 2. East Riverside Park | — | 24 |
| 3. Kurtz Woods State Natural Area | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 18.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 66% of Wisconsin’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Saukville. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
24 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
24 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
24 mi MuseumNature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin
25 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a year
14 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 Saukville
About 0 of every 100 Saukville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Saukville is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Located on the Milwaukee River with a district along Interstate 43, the community is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 4,258 at the 2020 census. Downtown Saukville was the site of a Native American village at the crossroads of two trails before white settlers arrived in the mid-1840s. In its early years, the community was a stagecoach stop on the road from Milwaukee to Green Bay and also grew as a mill and market town serving the dairy farmers of northwestern Ozaukee County. The village incorporated in 1915 and later in the 20th century grew into a suburban community with a manufacturing-based …
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3 towns share a border with Saukville.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saukville | #159 | B+ | C | B− | A | B+ |
| Saukville | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Port Washington | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Grafton | #57 | A | C | — | A | A |
Saukville and Port Washington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Saukville, Port Washington and Grafton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Saukville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Saukville grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #159 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and A for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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