Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,620.
Wind Point’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for schools. 68% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wind Point, against 32% in Wisconsin’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 6 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do better. Wind Point has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Herbert F. Johnson House and Windpoint Light Station. Wind Point's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Wind Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wind Point beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Wind Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Wind Point is from typical.
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The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1936.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wind Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
20 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
19 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
20 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
19 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumNature & Culture Museum of WisconsinSix Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin: The original uploader was Sulfur at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wind Point, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Wind Point.
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prairie School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 636 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Wind Point since 2022.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Wind Point, below both Wisconsin’s towns (6.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The median household income in Wind Point is $143,000. Most working residents leave Wind Point for work: only 2% work in town.
| Wind Point | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $143,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wind Point’s median rent is $2,200 a month. Among 363 Wisconsin towns, just 8 have a higher share of households owning their home than Wind Point. Typical home values rose 4.4% in the year to September 2026.
| Wind Point | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,200 a month | $1,078 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 98% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wind Point has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 16° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wind Point beats the Wisconsin average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 24% of adults feel lonely in Wind Point. Of the 358 Wisconsin towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who binge drink than Wind Point.
| Wind Point | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wind Point | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6% | 9.7% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 4.5% | 6.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.6% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Wind Point
About 2 of every 100 Wind Point residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
2 places in Wind Point on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Wind Point is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2020 census.
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One town shares a border with Wind Point.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Point | — | — | C | — | D | B |
| Caledonia | #254 | B− | C+ | A | D | B |
Wind Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wind Point reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Wind Point with a neighbor →
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Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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