Black Earth is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Black Earth, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Black Earth have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Black Earth in 100 people: 32 aged 65 or older (WI: 19)
Owners make up 86 in 100 households (WI: 68). Some 1,523 people live here (2025 Census estimate). Across WI, 13 in 100 workers work from home; in Black Earth, 20. The census count changed by +12% from 2010 to 2020.
Median age 41.7 (WI 40.2).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 24 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Black Earth says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Black Earth
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Black Earth’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Black Earth or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Black Earth in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.