Housing in Blooming Grove

A typical Blooming Grove home is worth roughly $370,000

Home prices around Blooming Grove have risen about 53% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$370K

▲ 5.1% in a year · WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,810

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$3,894

WI $3,792

Price trend

Home prices up 53% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Blooming Grove rose 53% over the past 5 years, slower than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 5.1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Blooming Grove home at roughly $370,000 today.

Blooming Grove areaWisconsin

+5.1%

past year

+53%

past 5 years

+94%

past 10 years

Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $370K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Blooming Grove, 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 4.1 years of income

About the same as across Wisconsin. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$333,000

Typical Blooming Grove home $370K

That’s $36K short of a typical Blooming Grove home.

The typical home, each month

$2,330

Loan $1,830Tax $390Insurance $110

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,810 a month here, $520 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Madison$426K Monona$477K McFarland$493K Dunn$447K Fitchburg$507K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Blooming Grove’s typical property tax (1.27% 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 $1,810

Renters already here pay a median of $938, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,350

1 bedroom$1,580

2 bedrooms$1,810

3 bedrooms$2,390

4 bedrooms$2,680

18%

of households rent · WI 32%

111

renter households

15%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%

24%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$938

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

82% of Blooming Grove households own their home

Half of Blooming Grove’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters

Own 82%Rent 18%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1971

typical home built · WI 1975

$3,894

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

1.27%

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

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Blooming Grove vs. its neighbors

Blooming Grove is the least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Fitchburg$507K McFarland$493K Monona$477K Dunn$447K Madison$426K Blooming Grove$370K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Blooming Grove	$370K*	+5.1%†	$1,810	—	$90,000
Madison	$426K	+2.5%	$1,750	3,383	$78,050
Monona	$477K	+1.7%	$1,610	179	$87,773
McFarland	$493K	+2%	$1,860	25	$97,500
Dunn	$447K*	+4.6%†	$1,630	—	$127,734
Fitchburg	$507K	+0.3%	$1,610	475	$86,516

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. 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.