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Sister Bay is a small town of 1,044 people in Door County, Wisconsin. It's about 62 miles from Green Bay, WI and 152 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 62 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $392k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,044people
$392kTypical home
$1,168/moRent
80° / 27°Summer / winter
62"Snow
185Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,044
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 391 people per sq mi
- 152 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 62 mi to Green Bay, WI
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $392k (≈$2,473/mo)
- Median rent $1,168/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (30 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 62" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 37 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (145 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (401 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 61
- 17% of households have kids
- 42% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to ESC airport
- 159 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 154 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 705 ft
- 492 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 55 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 71 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 12 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 14% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 27 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 29 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 63 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Door County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk