A typical Genoa home is worth about $276,000
Up 11.8% in a year, 19% below the Wisconsin typical home.
What kind of housing town is Genoa?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 24.5% in five years
Slower than Wisconsin (31.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Genoa | Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $226,000 | $263,000 |
| 2023 | $227,000 | $282,000 |
| 2024 | $235,000 | $299,000 |
| 2025 | $242,000 | $317,000 |
| 2026 | $268,000 | $333,000 |
| August 2026 | $276,000 | $340,000 |
A typical Genoa home worth $207K in February 2021 is worth about $276K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 3.2 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Genoa home, with $50K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $710 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Genoa’s typical property tax (1.02% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
91% of Genoa households own their home
Half of Genoa’s homes were built before 1990.
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 $970
Renters already here pay a median of $793, 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 (Vernon County, 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.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Genoa in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Genoa has permitted 23 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Genoa's population fell by 36 even though 14 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $910,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $490,000 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $835,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $563,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $375,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $275,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | $469,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $480,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $550,000 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $305,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $305,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $305,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Genoa vs. its neighbors
Genoa is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Genoa buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.