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Housing in Fairbanks

A typical Fairbanks home is worth roughly $169,000

Typical home value
$169K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,090
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,031
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Fairbanks?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Fairbanks

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Fairbanks home $169K

That covers a typical Fairbanks home, with $111K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,090
Loan $840Tax $200Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $0 more 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.

The homes

95% of Fairbanks households own their home

Half of Fairbanks’s homes were built before 1968.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1968
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,031
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
13%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$910
2 bedrooms$1,090
3 bedrooms$1,400
4 bedrooms$1,450
5%
of households rent · WI 32%
5
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Shawano 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

Fairbanks vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Fairbanks. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Fairbanks$169K*—$1,090—$55,417
Wyoming——$1,040—$78,000
Grant$208K*—$1,040—$74,474
Harrison—+15.8%†$9704$89,643

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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