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Boscobel is a small town of 3,242 people in Grant County, Wisconsin. It's about 45 miles from Dubuque, IA and 138 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $147k and rent runs about $655 a month.
3,242people
$147kTypical home
$655/moRent
84° / 29°Summer / winter
37"Snow
223Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,242
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 999 people per sq mi
- 138 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 45 mi to Dubuque, IA
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $147k (≈$930/mo)
- Median rent $655/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 41 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (81 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (379 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 26% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to DBQ airport
- 142 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 57 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 653 ft
- 709 mi to the ocean
- 62 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 36 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 48 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grant County: R+18 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