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Spring Green is a small town of 1,397 people in Sauk County, Wisconsin. It's about 33 miles from Madison, WI and 106 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 36 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $249k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,397people
$249kTypical home
$1,133/moRent
83° / 27°Summer / winter
36"Snow
223Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,397
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 838 people per sq mi
- 106 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 33 mi to Madison, WI
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $249k (≈$1,569/mo)
- Median rent $1,133/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- 36" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 42 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (529 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 24% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to MSN airport
- 111 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 34 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 728 ft
- 689 mi to the ocean
- 47 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 2 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 73 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 28 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 48% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sauk County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk