Housing in Cedar Lake

A typical Cedar Lake home is worth roughly $267,000

Typical home value

$267K

WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,537

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Cedar Lake?

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

A second-home town55% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Your money goes further21% below the Wisconsin typical home.A town of owners94% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Cedar Lake households own their home

Half of Cedar Lake’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters

Own 94%Rent 6%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1990

typical home built · WI 1975

$2,537

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

0.95%

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

55%

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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$329,000

Typical Cedar Lake home $267K

That covers a typical Cedar Lake home, with $62K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,610

Loan $1,320Tax $210Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $640 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Birchwood$352K Oak Grove$228K Doyle$341K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cedar Lake’s typical property tax (0.95% 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 $850, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,210

4 bedrooms$1,430

of households rent · WI 32%

renter households

$850

median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Cedar Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Birchwood$352K Doyle$341K Cedar Lake$267K Oak Grove$228K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Cedar Lake	$267K*	—	$970	$85,417
Birchwood	$352K	+2.9%	$1,050	$77,250
Oak Grove	$228K*	+3.2%†	$1,010	$62,917
Doyle	$341K*	+3.1%†	$980	$108,750

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.