Moving to De Pere: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to De Pere means moving to a genuinely historic Fox River suburb with a real, distinctive dual-school-district structure -- and a property tax rate running below Wisconsin's own statewide median.
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Learn moreA real 1671 Jesuit-mission founding
De Pere traces to 1671, when Father Claude-Jean Allouez founded the St. Francis Xavier Mission at the last set of rapids on the Fox River -- among the oldest documented European-settlement histories in this project's Wisconsin buildout.
Wisconsin's ONLY dual-school-district city
De Pere is the only city in Wisconsin with two separate public school districts -- De Pere School District (east side) and West De Pere School District (west side) -- a real holdover from before the city unified in 1890.
St. Norbert College, a real local anchor
St. Norbert College, a private Catholic liberal-arts college founded in 1898, sits directly in De Pere and anchors both education and local employment.
A property tax rate below the Wisconsin state median
De Pere's own effective property tax rate (1.32%) runs genuinely below Wisconsin's 1.43% statewide median -- a real, distinct positive within this batch of Wisconsin markets.
Key takeaways
- De Pere's 1671 Jesuit-mission founding is among the oldest documented in this project's Wisconsin buildout.
- De Pere is the ONLY Wisconsin city with two separate public school districts.
- St. Norbert College gives De Pere a genuine college-town identity distinct from other Green Bay-corridor suburbs.
- De Pere's property tax rate runs below Wisconsin's own statewide median.
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