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Housing in Bloom

A typical Bloom home is worth roughly $231,000

Home prices around Bloom have risen about 95% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2009.

Typical home value
$231K
▲ 31.1% in a year · WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,569
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Bloom?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 95% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Bloom rose 95% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 31%.

Bloom areaWisconsin
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+31%
past year
+95%
past 5 years
+141%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bloom, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$250,000
Typical Bloom home $231K

That covers a typical Bloom home, with $18K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,430
Loan $1,150Tax $210Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $450 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, Bloom’s typical property tax (1.11% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $854, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,490
15%
of households rent · WI 32%
17
renter households
$854
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Vernon County, WI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2009

No permits for new homes were issued in Bloom in 2009. The last year with any was 2007 (3 new homes).

Single-family
01234 20002005
0
new homes permitted in 2009
13
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2009000—
2008000—
2007330$447,000
2006440$596,000
2005220$230,000
2004220$49,000
2003220$145,000
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Bloom's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2009, so the 2009 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

85% of Bloom households own their home

Half of Bloom’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1973
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,569
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.11%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
7%
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.

Next door

Bloom vs. its neighbors

Bloom is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Bloom$231K*+31.1%†$980—$66,042
Henrietta$237K*+30.7%†$970—$87,600
Yuba—+32.8%†$9700$29,188
Union$193K*+32.8%†$9702$61,042
Marshall$238K*+25.4%†$970—$63,958

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. 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.

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