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Mount Horeb is a big small town of 7,736 people in Dane County, Wisconsin. It's about 16 miles from Madison, WI and 89 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 26°F, with about 33 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $389k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,736people
$389kTypical home
$1,240/moRent
81° / 26°Summer / winter
33"Snow
224Sunny days
122Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,736
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,383 people per sq mi
- 89 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 16 mi to Madison, WI
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $389k (≈$2,452/mo)
- Median rent $1,240/mo
- Median household income $108k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°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
- 122 days a year with rain or snow
- 33" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 40 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (62 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (356 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 31% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 50% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to MSN airport
- 93 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 40 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,247 ft
- 689 mi to the ocean
- 60 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 34 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 457 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 148 bars within 25 mi
- 121 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 18 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 18% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 16 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