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Delavan Lake is a small town of 2,757 people in Walworth County, Wisconsin. It's about 21 miles from Janesville, WI and 46 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $356k and rent runs about $913 a month.
2,757people
$356kTypical home
$913/moRent
83° / 29°Summer / winter
37"Snow
224Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,757
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 656 people per sq mi
- 46 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 21 mi to Janesville, WI
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $356k (≈$2,242/mo)
- Median rent $913/mo
- Median household income $84k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 26 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (141 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (648 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 17% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to RFD airport
- 44 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 37 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 984 ft
- 656 mi to the ocean
- 41 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 43 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 374 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 142 bars within 25 mi
- 65 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 24 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 31% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Walworth County: R+22 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk