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Housing in Eau Pleine

A typical Eau Pleine home is worth roughly $266,000

Typical home value
$266K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,240
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,249
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Eau Pleine?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of Eau Pleine households own their home

Half of Eau Pleine’s homes were built before 2000.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 4%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

2000
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,249
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.22%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$265,000
Typical Eau Pleine home $266K

That’s $1K short of a typical Eau Pleine home.

The typical home, each month
$1,660
Loan $1,320Tax $270Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month here, $420 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Eau Pleine’s typical property tax (1.22% 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 $1,240

Renters already here pay a median of $825, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,240
3 bedrooms$1,630
4 bedrooms$1,640
4%
of households rent · WI 32%
10
renter households
40%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$825
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Eau Pleine vs. its neighbors

Eau Pleine is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Eau Pleine$266K*—$1,240—$71,128
Stratford$281K+9.1%$1,2404$66,739
Brighton$218K*—$1,000—$81,250
Cleveland$242K*—$1,2206$100,705
Frankfort$231K*—$1,040—$87,500
McMillan$290K*+8.6%†$1,060—$112,917

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.

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