Housing in Brockway

A typical Brockway home is worth roughly $159,000

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Typical home value

$159K

WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,391

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Brockway?

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

Your money goes further53% below the Wisconsin typical home.Low tax bills#31 of 371 in WI for the lowest property tax bills.Rent is cheap#40 in WI for the cheapest rent.

★ 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

$180,000

Typical Brockway home $159K

That covers a typical Brockway home, with $21K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,030

Loan $790Tax $200Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $60 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Albion$239K Black River Falls$240K Adams$247K Manchester$232K Komensky$141K

How Brockway ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brockway’s typical property tax (1.50% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $821, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,240

4 bedrooms$1,480

37%

of households rent · WI 32%

297

renter households

37%

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

23%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$821

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

63% of Brockway households own their home

Half of Brockway’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters

Own 63%Rent 37%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1992

typical home built · WI 1975

$2,391

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

1.50%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Brockway vs. its neighbors

Brockway is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Adams$247K Black River Falls$240K Albion$239K Manchester$232K Brockway$159K Komensky$141K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Brockway	$159K*	—	$970	—	$49,896
Albion	$239K*	—	$980	—	$68,214
Black River Falls	$240K	+8.8%	$970	2	$66,632
Adams	$247K*	—	$970	—	$75,750
Manchester	$232K*	—	$970	—	$74,643
Komensky	$141K*	—	$990	—	$46,875

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.