Housing in Bayview

A typical Bayview home is worth roughly $256,000

Typical home value

$256K

WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,203

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Bayview?

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

Your money goes further25% below the Wisconsin typical home.A second-home town22% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$313,000

Typical Bayview home $256K

That covers a typical Bayview home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,530

Loan $1,270Tax $180Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $560 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Washburn$179K Washburn$270K Bayfield$342K Barksdale$270K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bayview’s typical property tax (0.86% 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 Bayview households own their home

Half of Bayview’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 10%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1980

typical home built · WI 1975

$2,203

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

0.86%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

22%

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 $1,180.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,280

4 bedrooms$1,290

10%

of households rent · WI 32%

renter households

$1,180

median rent paid today · Census

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

Bayview vs. its neighbors

Bayview is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Bayfield$342K Barksdale$270K Washburn$270K Bayview$256K Washburn$179K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Bayview	$256K*	—	$970	—	$79,676
Washburn	$179K*	—	$970	41	$62,128
Washburn	$270K	+1.9%	—	—	$90,833
Bayfield	$342K	+1.1%	$970	—	$72,431
Barksdale	$270K*	—	$1,010	—	$81,625

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.