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Housing in El Paso

A typical El Paso home is worth roughly $267,000

Typical home value
$267K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,520
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,980
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is El Paso?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of El Paso households own their home

Half of El Paso’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1975
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,980
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.49%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

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 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$363,000
Typical El Paso home $267K

That covers a typical El Paso home, with $97K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,730
Loan $1,320Tax $330Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,520 a month here, $210 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, El Paso’s typical property tax (1.49% 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 $1,520

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,100
1 bedroom$1,250
2 bedrooms$1,520
3 bedrooms$2,020
4 bedrooms$2,270
3%
of households rent · WI 32%
4
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

El Paso vs. its neighbors

El Paso is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
El Paso$267K*—$1,520$101,250
Gilman$363K*−3.2%†$1,520$107,969
Salem$377K+5.2%$1,520$93,750
Ellsworth$348K+5.1%$1,520$121,250

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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