There are 10 Goodwill stores within about 15 miles of Waukesha. Thriftly scores each one by how well-off the surrounding neighborhoods are, since stores in higher-income areas tend to get the better drop-offs. The full ranking is below, best odds first.
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18605 West Bluemound Road, Brookfield, WI
5.5 mi from downtown Waukesha · Mixed-income catchment
S74W17035 Janesville Road, Muskego, WI
9.2 mi from downtown Waukesha · Mixed-income catchment
3540 South Moorland Road, New Berlin, WI
7.3 mi from downtown Waukesha · Mixed-income catchment
2015 Meadow Lane, Pewaukee, WI
2.3 mi from downtown Waukesha · Mixed-income catchment
1400 Nike Drive, Waukesha, WI
2.5 mi from downtown Waukesha · Modest surrounding area
5400 South 60th Street, Greendale, WI
13.7 mi from downtown Waukesha · Modest surrounding area
10909 West Oklahoma Avenue, West Allis, WI
10.0 mi from downtown Waukesha · Modest surrounding area
Right now the Brookfield location has the highest Goods Score (51 out of 100). The score reflects how affluent the surrounding neighborhoods are, which is a strong proxy for donation quality, and it refreshes as Census and store data update.
Each store gets a 0 to 100 Goods Score built from four U.S. Census measures of the area within about three miles: median home value, household income, share of college graduates, and median rent. Stores with wealthier surrounding neighborhoods score higher.
Thriftly tracks 10 Goodwill stores within 15 miles of Waukesha, using OpenStreetMap data. A store won't show up if it isn't tagged in OpenStreetMap, so coverage can be incomplete.