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Powers Lake is a small town of 1,278 people in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. It's about 21 miles from Kenosha, WI and 40 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 40 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $285k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,278people
$285kTypical home
$1,219/moRent
82° / 29°Summer / winter
40"Snow
224Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,278
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 543 people per sq mi
- 40 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 21 mi to Kenosha, WI
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $285k (≈$1,798/mo)
- Median rent $1,219/mo
- Median household income $84k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°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
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- 40" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 27 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (259 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (798 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 59
- 16% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to MKE airport
- 35 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 843 ft
- 639 mi to the ocean
- 25 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 84 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 749 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 235 bars within 25 mi
- 163 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 38 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 47% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kenosha County: R+6 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High 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.