Living in Wind Lake

In Wind Lake, unemployment is 4.9% (2024).

Wind Lake numbered 5,355 residents at the end of 2020. Wind Lake's unemployment stood at 4.9% at the end of 2024. Wind Lake had a foreign population of 97 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0723 sources

Population5,355people31 Dec 2020Official source · U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020

Median gross salary4,484EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables

Median rent1,080EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate4.9%country median 4.6% — 7% aboveOfficial source · Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)

PM2.5, annual mean6.74µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Wind Lake?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United StatesNational rates and thresholds that apply in Wind Lake.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan¹⁵Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,118 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)³Official
Median monthly rent	1,080 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records²Official

Is Wind Lake a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–73%

Student42%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 31–53%

Family57%strong on family, weak on safety · range 46–68%

Retirement39%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 26–52%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

1.8% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 97 of 5,355 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Wind Lake is 4.9%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

1,250

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0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–30

Wind Lake 4.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	4,484 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹Official
Unemployment rate	4.9 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Wind Lake?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,274of €3,474 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,474
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,118
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,274

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Wind Lake Salary needed to live in Wind Lake

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wind Lake. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Wind Lake. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	127.9 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁴Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Wind Lake when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

Wind Lake's nearest airport was MKE, 25 km away and offered 30 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	30 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	25 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MKE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Wind Lake. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Wind Lake.

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Climate and air quality

Wind Lake recorded annual PM2.5 of 6.7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperature moved from −6.1°C in January to 22.1°C in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

-1°-11°

1°-10°

7°-4°

13°1°

20°8°

25°13°

28°16°

27°15°

23°11°

16°4°

8°-2°

2°-8°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

104

109

143

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56.7WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Wind Lake is 6.7 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–16

Wind Lake 6.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.74 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan -1.22 · Feb 0.722 · Mar 6.72 · Apr 13.33 · May 20.06 · Jun 25.39 · Jul 28.22 · Aug 27.28 · Sep 23.44 · Oct 16.39 · Nov 8.06 · Dec 1.67 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -11 · Feb -9.67 · Mar -4.5 · Apr 1.39 · May 7.5 · Jun 13.28 · Jul 15.83 · Aug 15.11 · Sep 10.72 · Oct 4.28 · Nov -1.94 · Dec -7.61 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.11 · Feb -4.5 · Mar 1.11 · Apr 7.33 · May 13.78 · Jun 19.33 · Jul 22.06 · Aug 21.17 · Sep 17.06 · Oct 10.33 · Nov 3.06 · Dec -2.94 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 45.72 · Feb 47.5 · Mar 52.58 · Apr 104.1 · May 108.7 · Jun 143 · Jul 95.25 · Aug 96.27 · Sep 95.76 · Oct 76.45 · Nov 57.91 · Dec 53.09 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁶Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	23.5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹³Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	6.69 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Rockford ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±1.0 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±1.7 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±1.8 °C, Markham (Canada) ±2.1 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±2.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

At the end of 2025, the city's area measured 17.9 km². Wind Lake had a population density of 270.4 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	17.89 km²	31 Dec 2025	U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service)⁹Official
Foreign-resident share	2.01 %	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Foreign residents	97 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Population density	270.4 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Population	5,355 people	31 Dec 2020	U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Wind Lake

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Tichigan as a Wind Lake alternative in the same region

5 km away, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 4.0% Tichigan vs 4.9% Wind Lake−18%
Foreign residents: 2.6% Tichigan vs 2.0% Wind Lake+28%
Median gross pay, city: €4,649 Tichigan vs €4,484 Wind Lake+4%
Annual PM2.5: 6.3 µg/m³ Tichigan vs 6.7 µg/m³ Wind Lake−6%
Residents: 5,277 Tichigan vs 5,355 Wind Lake−1%

Full comparison More about Tichigan

North Bethesda as a Wind Lake alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1017 km, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 34.1% North Bethesda vs 2.0% Wind Lake+1600%
Residents: 50,094 North Bethesda vs 5,355 Wind Lake+835%
Median gross pay, city: €6,119 North Bethesda vs €4,484 Wind Lake+36%
Unemployment: 3.6% North Bethesda vs 4.9% Wind Lake−26%
Annual PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³ North Bethesda vs 6.7 µg/m³ Wind Lake−13%

Full comparison More about North Bethesda

Cities near Wind Lake

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Tichigan 4.9 km away

Rent: 1,110 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,649 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in United States

Other cities in United States to compare with Wind Lake, nearest in population first.

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Johnstown5,356 residents Manchester5,357 residents Apple Valley5,352 residents Batesburg-Leesville5,346 residents Garwood borough5,346 residents Summit5,346 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

What is the unemployment rate in Wind Lake?

The unemployment rate is 4.9 %. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is the air quality good in Wind Lake?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.74 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData.

How many people live in Wind Lake?

The published population is 5,355 people. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020.

How many foreign residents live in Wind Lake?

97 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is Wind Lake a good place to live?

Wind Lake may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Wind Lake?

Tichigan, Waterford, Muskego, Vernon, Mukwonago are near Wind Lake. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables api.census.gov · checked 2026-10-04
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release data.hrsa.gov · checked 2026-10-04
Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS) api.censusreporter.org · checked 2026-08-03
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service) tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-08-03
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb Places (layer 4 incorporated places, layer 5 CDPs; identical query) tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-09-11

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U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020 tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-08-05
U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData aqs.epa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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