A typical Elderon home is worth roughly $214,000
What kind of housing town is Elderon?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.1 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Elderon home, with $163K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $330 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Elderon’s typical property tax (1.14% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
90% of Elderon households own their home
Half of Elderon’s homes were built before 1978.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000
Renters already here pay a median of $718, 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 (Wausau, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Elderon vs. its neighbors
Elderon is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elderon | $214K* | — | $1,000 | — | $100,000 |
| Reid | $191K* | — | $1,010 | — | $87,083 |
| Norrie | $234K* | — | $980 | 3 | $92,778 |
| Wittenberg | $278K | +13.3% | $990 | — | $78,523 |
| Franzen | $208K* | — | $980 | 0 | $71,591 |
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.