A typical Ashford home is worth roughly $395,000
Home prices around Ashford have risen about 54% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 5 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Ashford?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 54% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Ashford rose 54% over the past 5 years, slower than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 6.6%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Ashford home at roughly $395,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $395K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Ashford, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 4.3 years of income
About the same as across Wisconsin. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $57K short of a typical Ashford home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200 a month here, $1,280 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ashford’s typical property tax (1.25% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200
Renters already here pay a median of $1,065, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fond du Lac, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
5 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 5 new homes in Ashford in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $2.3 million to build. That's 2.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Ashford has permitted 45 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Ashford's population fell by 25 even though 41 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 5 | 5 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $740,000 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $964,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $852,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $415,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $160,000 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $484,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $2.3 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
82% of Ashford households own their home
Half of Ashford’s homes were built before 1977.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Ashford vs. its neighbors
Ashford is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford | $395K* | +6.6%† | $1,200 | 5 | $90,958 |
| Campbellsport | $376K | +4.9% | $1,200 | 22 | $80,040 |
| Lomira | $331K | +3.6% | $1,180 | — | $85,179 |
| Eden | $374K | +5.8% | $1,240 | 4 | $110,000 |
| Wayne | $525K | +10.6% | $1,190 | 11 | $130,000 |
| Auburn | $337K* | +6.4%† | $1,200 | 3 | $114,167 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Ashford buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.