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Housing in Eitzen

A typical Eitzen home is worth roughly $117,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$117K
MN $351K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,292
MN $3,357

What kind of housing town is Eitzen?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Eitzen

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Eitzen home $117K

That covers a typical Eitzen home, with $224K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$710
Loan $580Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $370 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Minnesota typical property tax (1.02% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

79% of Eitzen households own their home

Half of Eitzen’s homes were built before 1954.

Owners and renters
Own 79%Rent 21%

Minnesota: 72% own.

1954
typical home built · MN 1979
$1,292
median property tax bill · MN $3,357
7%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,080
3 bedrooms$1,430
4 bedrooms$1,800
21%
of households rent · MN 28%
17
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Eitzen in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).

Single-family2+ homes per building
0246810 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
3
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+36
New homes+11

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Eitzen gained 36 residents while 11 new homes were permitted: about 3.3 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Minnesota: 2.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024110$353,000
2023110$150,000
2022110$100,000
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015918$1.7 million
2014000—
2013000—
2012220$426,000
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008220$322,000
2007110$153,000
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003514$496,000
2002220$303,000
2001220$292,000
2000110$138,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Eitzen vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Eitzen. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Eitzen$117K*—$1,0800$53,438
Winnebago—+8.8%†$1,080—$106,250

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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