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Housing in Edgewater

A typical Edgewater home is worth roughly $282,000

Typical home value
$282K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,461
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Edgewater?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Edgewater households own their home

Half of Edgewater’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1992
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,461
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
68%
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

What it takes to buy in Edgewater

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Edgewater home $282K

That’s $3K short of a typical Edgewater home.

The typical home, each month
$1,810
Loan $1,400Tax $330Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $840 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,360
5%
of households rent · WI 32%
6
renter households

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

Edgewater vs. its neighbors

Edgewater is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Edgewater$282K*—$970—$91,477
Birchwood$352K+2.9%$1,050—$77,250
Sand Lake$297K*—$1,230—$78,077
Birchwood——$9703$54,091

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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