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Brooklyn is a small town of 1,408 people in Dane County, Wisconsin. It's about 17 miles from Madison, WI and 73 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $269k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,408people
$269kTypical home
$1,375/moRent
83° / 27°Summer / winter
37"Snow
226Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,408
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,169 people per sq mi
- 73 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 17 mi to Madison, WI
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $269k (≈$1,696/mo)
- Median rent $1,375/mo
- Median household income $109k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 39 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 36
- 42% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 39% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to MSN airport
- 75 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 48 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 965 ft
- 689 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 42 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 508 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 188 bars within 25 mi
- 143 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 31 museums within 25 mi
- 18 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 25% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 15 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