A typical Avon home is worth roughly $248,000
Home prices around Avon have risen about 61% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2019.
What kind of housing town is Avon?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.7 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Avon home, with $94K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $500 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Avon’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.
78% of Avon households own their home
Half of Avon’s homes were built before 1946.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home prices up 61% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Avon rose 61% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 6%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Avon, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060
Renters already here pay a median of $1,398.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2019
No permits for new homes were issued in Avon in 2019. The last year with any was 2010 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Avon's population fell by 38 even though 1 new home was 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $104,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $310,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $888,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $385,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.5 million |
Avon's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2019, so the 2019 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Avon vs. its neighbors
Avon is the 2nd least expensive 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 2019 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | $248K* | +6%† | $1,060 | 0 | $91,653 |
| Newark | $454K | +7.3% | $1,210 | — | $95,667 |
| Spring Grove | $261K* | +6.2%† | $1,060 | — | $91,023 |
| Spring Valley | $534K | +10.2% | $1,190 | — | $70,938 |
| Laona | $215K* | +6.7%† | $1,130 | — | $110,237 |
| Shirland | $271K* | +6.1%† | $1,140 | — | $93,750 |
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 Avon 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.