A typical Clinton home is worth roughly $268,000
The median sale price was $300,000 in May 2026.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Clinton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.7 years of income
About the same as across Wisconsin. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $25K short of a typical Clinton home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280 a month here, $580 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Clinton’s typical property tax (2.03% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 57% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Clinton rose 57% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Wisconsin. Last year prices rose 6.2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Clinton home at roughly $268,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $268K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Clinton, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
6 of Clinton’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Clinton’s homes were built before 1969.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280
Renters already here pay a median of $1,010, 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 (Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
12 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 12 new homes in Clinton in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $4.4 million to build. That's 5.9 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Clinton has permitted 64 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Clinton gained 67 residents while 6 new homes were permitted: about 11 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 11 | 11 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $5.7 million |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $4.8 million |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $275,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $259,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $176,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $310,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $60,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $706,000 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8 | 6 | $2.2 million |
| 2005 | 30 | 3 | 27 | $1.8 million |
| 2004 | 59 | 4 | 55 | $3.2 million |
| 2003 | 101 | 3 | 98 | $5.2 million |
| 2002 | 95 | 2 | 93 | $4.4 million |
| 2001 | 81 | 3 | 78 | $3.9 million |
| 2000 | 69 | 2 | 67 | $3.4 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Clinton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.