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Shorewood Hills is a small town of 2,149 people in Dane County, Wisconsin. It's part of the Madison, WI area. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 40 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $940k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,149people
$940kTypical home
$1,919/moRent
82° / 27°Summer / winter
40"Snow
224Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,149
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,676 people per sq mi
- 75 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- In the Madison, WI area
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $940k (≈$5,927/mo)
- Median rent $1,919/mo
- Median household income $154k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°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
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- 40" 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
- Very low violent crime (121 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,368 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 31% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 85% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 24% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to MSN airport
- 79 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 974 ft
- 677 mi to the ocean
- 59 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 38 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 517 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 172 bars within 25 mi
- 138 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 29 museums within 25 mi
- 19 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 43% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 1 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
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