Middleton, WI: how dark is the sky here?

Middleton reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Middleton's sky is brighter than 78.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Middleton

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Madison, WI, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Madison, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Middleton compares nationally

About 22,566 people live in Middleton, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Middleton places 2,517 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.