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Lake Delton is a small town of 3,482 people in Sauk County, Wisconsin. It's about 39 miles from Madison, WI and 98 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 26°F, with about 41 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $178k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,482people
$178kTypical home
$1,006/moRent
83° / 26°Summer / winter
41"Snow
224Sunny days
112Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,482
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 457 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 39 mi to Madison, WI
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $178k (≈$1,124/mo)
- Median rent $1,006/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°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
- 112 days a year with rain or snow
- 41" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 49 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (529 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 20% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 38 mi to MSN airport
- 105 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 2 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 41% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 909 ft
- 657 mi to the ocean
- 20 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 147 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 49 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 46% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sauk County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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