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Black Earth is a small town of 1,736 people in Dane County, Wisconsin. It's about 16 miles from Madison, WI and 90 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $291k and rent runs about $875 a month.
1,736people
$291kTypical home
$875/moRent
82° / 28°Summer / winter
32"Snow
224Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,736
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,057 people per sq mi
- 90 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 16 mi to Madison, WI
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $291k (≈$1,834/mo)
- Median rent $875/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 28°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
- 97 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 42 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (152 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,296 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 30% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to MSN airport
- 94 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 824 ft
- 682 mi to the ocean
- 51 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 32 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 475 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 157 bars within 25 mi
- 127 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 28 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 10% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Dane County: D+52 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