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Barneveld is a small town of 1,416 people in Iowa County, Wisconsin. It's about 24 miles from Madison, WI and 98 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 26°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $285k and rent runs about $868 a month.
1,416people
$285kTypical home
$868/moRent
81° / 26°Summer / winter
35"Snow
224Sunny days
110Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,416
- Part of a metro area
- About 675 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 24 mi to Madison, WI
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $285k (≈$1,798/mo)
- Median rent $868/mo
- Median household income $114k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 26°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 110 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 43 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (92 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (218 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 36% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to MSN airport
- 101 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,178 ft
- 694 mi to the ocean
- 58 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 22 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 207 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 48 bars within 25 mi
- 49 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 22 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Iowa County: D+8 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk