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Lake Wisconsin is a big small town of 5,384 people in Columbia County, Wisconsin. It's about 21 miles from Madison, WI and 85 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 42 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $452k and rent runs about $2k a month.
5,384people
$452kTypical home
$1,515/moRent
84° / 27°Summer / winter
42"Snow
224Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,384
- Part of a metro area
- About 402 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 21 mi to Madison, WI
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $452k (≈$2,853/mo)
- Median rent $1,515/mo
- Median household income $124k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 27°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
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 42" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 46 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (98 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (890 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 25% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to MSN airport
- 90 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 843 ft
- 665 mi to the ocean
- 38 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 36 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 496 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 157 bars within 25 mi
- 125 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 33 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 48% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Columbia County: R+5 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk