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A town of 3,267, settled in 1883. Public schools that outperform most of Wisconsin.
Thiensville is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 35th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin. The median household earns $96K, its public schools beat 95% of Wisconsin towns on state tests and graduation, and residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $434K for a typical one and 5.5 times the Milwaukee metro’s $78K median household income. 59% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Thiensville, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. On hazard risk, just 62 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Thiensville has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Green Bay Road Historic District and Main Street Historic District.
Where Thiensville beats most towns.
Where Thiensville’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 Thiensville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 334 in 1920, 3,290 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Thiensville. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
14 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
14 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
14 mi MuseumNature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin
14 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a year
15 mi Zoo & aquariumMilwaukee County ZooFiserv 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 · Milwaukee County Zoo: Awkwafaba, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Thiensville, 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 Thiensville.
Thiensville has schools in the top 5% of Wisconsin and has less tooth loss than most of Wisconsin, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Wisconsin (mostly inland flooding).
Its A+ ranks #9 of the 362 Wisconsin towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $434K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Alone Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 98 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Wisconsin is tooth loss: 3.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.9% statewide.
26% of Thiensville adults feel lonely. Thiensville beats the Wisconsin average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of Thiensville adults report frequent mental distress.
| Thiensville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Thiensville | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 12.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 31 to 15 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Thiensville’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Thiensville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 6.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
21.5% of workers work from home, against 13.1% across Wisconsin.
Most working residents leave Thiensville for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Thiensville is 27 minutes. Jobs based in Thiensville fell to 901 in 2023, 91 fewer than in 2013.
| Thiensville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical home values rose 5.9% in the year to September 2026.
| Thiensville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,281 a month | $1,076 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 74% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 14.3°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 99% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 81°.
Thiensville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. About 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Thiensville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 81°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 14°F | 11°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Wisconsin towns, with expected losses of about $422 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on. 58 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 11 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 58 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Thiensville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Thiensville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thiensville Village Park | 0.2 mi | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
11 within 15 miles of the center of Thiensville
About 4 of every 100 Thiensville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
2 places in Thiensville on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Thiensville is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Located on the west bank of a bend in the Milwaukee River, the community is bordered on all sides by the City of Mequon and is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 3,290 at the 2020 census. Thiensville was the site of a Potawatomi village in the early 19th century before white settlers began arriving in the 1830s and 1840s. Many of the community's earliest settlers were German immigrants who were members of freethinker societies. One prominent freethinker was Joachim Heinrich Thien, for whom the village is named. Thien played a significant role in the Town of Mequon's early politics and organize…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Thiensville grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #35 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A for health, A for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. 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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