Ford, WI housing market
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
Home values, sales, trends and how Ford compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Ford in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.1 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Ford has permitted 6 homes in all.
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 3 | 3 | 0 | $805,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $227,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $304,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
Ford and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | — | — | $990 | 3 | $91,250 |
| Cleveland | — | — | $990 | 4 | $86,250 |
| Gilman | $219K | +9.3% | $990 | 1 | $53,929 |
| Grover | — | +18.2%† | $1,030 | 3 | $91,250 |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Ford is $990 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $730 · 4 bedrooms $1,560
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (54433, 54447, 54451; Eau Claire, WI MSA), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.