A typical Centerville home is worth roughly $285,000
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Centerville?
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96% of Centerville households own their home
Half of Centerville’s homes were built before 1938.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Centerville
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That’s $5K short of a typical Centerville home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $770 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Wisconsin typical property tax (1.42% 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 $1,060
Renters already here pay a median of $925, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Sheboygan, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Centerville in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Centerville's population fell by 14 even though 12 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $493,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $850,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $857,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $580,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $667,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $523,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $247,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $185,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $190,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $330,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $635,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $578,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $188,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $367,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $348,000 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $925,000 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $490,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Centerville's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Centerville vs. its neighbors
Centerville is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Centerville 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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.