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Orfordville is a small town of 1,473 people in Rock County, Wisconsin. It's about 13 miles from Janesville, WI and 72 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 $195k and rent runs about $713 a month.
1,473people
$195kTypical home
$713/moRent
83° / 27°Summer / winter
37"Snow
226Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,473
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,241 people per sq mi
- 72 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 13 mi to Janesville, WI
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $195k (≈$1,229/mo)
- Median rent $713/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 38 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (183 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,203 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 34% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to RFD airport
- 72 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 64 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 899 ft
- 687 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 28 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 254 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 143 bars within 25 mi
- 45 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Rock County: D+7 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.