DunnWI
A town of 4,676, settled in 1849.
What should you know before moving to Dunn?
Dunn's standout: the median household earns $128K. Overall it grades B−, ranked 251st of 357 in Wisconsin. Residents are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and 27% of its land is conserved. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $447K, 5 years of the Madison metro’s $89K median household income. 27% of the land in Dunn is conserved, above both the Wisconsin town median (3.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Waubesa Wetlands State Natural Area, at 576 acres.
What makes Dunn stand out
Where Dunn beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Dunn for work
Where Dunn’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Dunn grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Dunn is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 13%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Camp Randall Stadium and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dunn. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Stadium & arenaCamp Randall Stadium
8 mi Stadium & arenaKohl Center
38 mi Park & preserveIce Age Trail
24 mi State parkAztalan State Park
8 mi Zoo & aquariumHenry Vilas Zoo
8 mi GardenOlbrich Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Camp Randall Stadium: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Kohl Center: Pbrown111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ice Age Trail: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aztalan State Park: Joshua Mayer - Flickr user wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Henry Vilas Zoo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0 · Olbrich Botanical Gardens: Chief-O at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Dunn: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dunn, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dunn.
Dunn sends most of its workers to Madison and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has a shorter frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Dunn’s grade for health is an A
Against the 4,776 U.S. towns with household incomes like Dunn’s, it is healthier than 71%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Dunn, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 36%. 21% of adults binge drink in Dunn. Dunn beats the Wisconsin average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Dunn | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Dunn | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 12.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Nearly a quarter of Dunn is conserved land
4.1 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. The trail density in Dunn is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dunn Heritage Park | 0.8 mi | 31 |
| 2. Hook Lake/Grass Lake Wildlife and Natural Area | 0.5 mi | 875 |
| 3. Door Creek Wetlands Wildlife Area | 0.5 mi | 500 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About half of Dunn’s working residents commute to Madison
Dunn has 514 jobs for its 2,561 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Dunn for work: only 2% work in town. 3.4% of Dunn residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Dunn has added 39 jobs, to 514 in 2023.
| Dunn | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Dunn, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
The Stoughton weather station, 7 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 163 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 76% of Wisconsin places with climate records. The Stoughton weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 83% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
Dunn has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 11° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dunn faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dunn.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Dunn
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Dunn
About 7 of every 100 Dunn residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Dunn
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Dunn is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,880 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 886 ft
- Area code
- 608
Dunn’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Dunn.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B−; McFarland (B) is closest.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn | #251 | B− | C− | — | C+ | A |
| McFarland | #227 | B | C− | A− | D | A |
| Fitchburg | #154 | B+ | D | C+ | B+ | A |
| Stoughton | #133 | A− | C+ | B− | B | A− |
| Rutland | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Pleasant Springs | #66 | A | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Blooming Grove | — | — | B | — | B+ | A |
Rutland and Blooming Grove have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dunn, Rutland, Pleasant Springs and Blooming Grove report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dunn with a neighbor →
Questions about Dunn
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dunn, WI a good place to live?
Dunn grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #251 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Dunn, WI expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.