A typical Bell home is worth roughly $286,000
What kind of housing town is Bell?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
98% of Bell households own their home
Half of Bell’s homes were built before 1977.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Bell
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That’s $7K short of a typical Bell home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $870 less than owning.
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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
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.
Bell vs. its neighbors
Bell is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell | $286K* | — | $970 | $88,625 |
| Cornucopia | $290K | +0.9% | $970 | $104,375 |
| Bayfield | $342K | +1.1% | $970 | $72,431 |
| Bayview | $256K* | — | $970 | $79,676 |
| Washburn | $270K | +1.9% | — | $90,833 |
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 Bell 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. 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.