Burns, WI housing market
Home prices around Burns have risen about 44% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
Home values, sales, trends and how Burns compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Home prices up 44% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Burns rose 44% over the past 5 years, slower than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices fell 0.6%.
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| Year | Change that year | Since 2000 | Wisconsin since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | −0.6% | +150% | +143% |
| 2024 | +5.3% | +151% | +131% |
| 2023 | +9.4% | +139% | +116% |
| 2022 | +16% | +118% | +95% |
| 2021 | +8.2% | +88% | +70% |
| 2020 | +4% | +74% | +54% |
| 2019 | +1.1% | +67% | +50% |
| 2018 | +1.2% | +65% | +43% |
| 2017 | +8.6% | +64% | +36% |
| 2016 | +4.9% | +51% | +29% |
| 2015 | +4% | +44% | +24% |
| 2014 | +1.8% | +38% | +21% |
| 2013 | +1.8% | +36% | +19% |
| 2012 | −0.6% | +33% | +19% |
| 2011 | +2.2% | +34% | +21% |
| 2010 | −2.8% | +31% | +25% |
| 2009 | +1.2% | +35% | +31% |
| 2008 | −1.9% | +33% | +36% |
| 2007 | +2% | +36% | +38% |
| 2006 | +5.6% | +33% | +36% |
| 2005 | +4% | +26% | +32% |
| 2004 | +9.5% | +21% | +21% |
| 2003 | +2.1% | +11% | +13% |
| 2002 | +4% | +8.6% | +9.3% |
| 2001 | +4.5% | +4.5% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | — | — | — |
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual, developmental) for ZIP codes 54614, 54644, covering 86% of Burns’s land, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales and appraisals of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Burns in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Burns has permitted 32 homes in all.
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $845,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $606,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $815,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $220,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $149,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $445,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $475,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $320,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
Burns and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns | — | −0.6%† | $1,100 | 2 | $99,375 |
| Bangor | — | −0.8%† | $1,080 | 2 | $81,250 |
| Rockland | $309K | +9% | $1,200 | 1 | $78,500 |
| Sparta | $280K | +5.4% | $1,080 | — | $94,226 |
| Bangor | $338K | +6.8% | $1,130 | — | $108,750 |
| Little Falls | — | +11.7%† | $1,080 | — | $89,038 |
| Hamilton | — | +10.1%† | $1,300 | — | $112,500 |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Burns is $1,100 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Burns pay a median of $1,269.
Studio $750 · 4 bedrooms $1,820
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (54614, 54644; La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HUD Metro FMR Area), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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.