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West Baraboo is a small town of 1,577 people in Sauk County, Wisconsin. It's about 32 miles from Madison, WI and 95 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 43 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $225k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,577people
$225kTypical home
$1,104/moRent
83° / 27°Summer / winter
43"Snow
224Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,577
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,251 people per sq mi
- 95 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 32 mi to Madison, WI
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $225k (≈$1,417/mo)
- Median rent $1,104/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°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
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 43" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 48 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 32
- 31% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to MSN airport
- 101 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 52% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 961 ft
- 663 mi to the ocean
- 27 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 148 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 54 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
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