A typical Brighton home is worth roughly $218,000
What kind of housing town is Brighton?
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 Brighton home, with $88K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $350 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brighton’s typical property tax (1.12% 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 $1,000
Renters already here pay a median of $923.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Wausau, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
78% of Brighton households own their home
Half of Brighton’s homes were built before 1973.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Brighton vs. its neighbors
Brighton is the 3rd 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 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | $218K* | — | $1,000 | — | $81,250 |
| Unity | $184K* | — | $970 | 1 | $66,591 |
| Eau Pleine | $266K* | — | $1,240 | — | $71,128 |
| Hull | $214K* | — | $1,000 | — | $77,344 |
| Unity | $225K | +7.8% | $970 | 0 | $56,827 |
| Spencer | $269K* | +2.6%† | $1,000 | — | $100,988 |
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.
On the market in Brighton
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Brighton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.