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Housing in Atlanta

A typical Atlanta home is worth roughly $175,000

Typical home value
$175K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,620
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Atlanta?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$303,000
Typical Atlanta home $175K

That covers a typical Atlanta home, with $128K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,050
Loan $870Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $70 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, Atlanta’s typical property tax (0.93% 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

98% of Atlanta households own their home

Half of Atlanta’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1976
typical home built · WI 1975
$1,620
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
0.93%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
12%
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 $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,300
2%
of households rent · WI 32%
2
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Rusk 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

Atlanta vs. its neighbors

Atlanta is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Atlanta$175K*—$980—$78,438
Thornapple$181K*−3.6%†$970—$62,083
Stubbs$178K*—$1,020—$58,333
Murry——$9701$58,750
Wilkinson——$1,0700$48,750
Bruce$222K+8%$9701$52,667

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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