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Housing in Akan

A typical Akan home is worth roughly $260,000

Typical home value
$260K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,512
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Akan?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Akan

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Akan home $260K

That covers a typical Akan home, with $19K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,670
Loan $1,290Tax $310Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $700 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Wisconsin typical property tax (1.42% 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

91% of Akan households own their home

Half of Akan’s homes were built before 1954.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1954
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,512
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
23%
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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,406.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,460
9%
of households rent · WI 32%
7
renter households
$1,406
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Crawford County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Akan vs. its neighbors

Akan is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Akan$260K*—$970$74,318
Clayton$228K*—$980$71,125
Sylvan$207K*+25.4%†$1,030$66,667
Richwood$223K*—$970$69,063
Dayton$242K*+25.4%†$970$60,625

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. 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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