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Housing in Genoa

A typical Genoa home is worth roughly $203,000

Typical home value
$203K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,429
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Genoa?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Genoa

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Genoa home $203K

That covers a typical Genoa home, with $76K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,310
Loan $1,010Tax $240Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $340 less than owning.

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

88% of Genoa households own their home

Half of Genoa’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1953
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,429
median property tax bill · WI $3,792

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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $850, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,490
12%
of households rent · WI 32%
12
renter households
$850
median rent paid today · Census

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.

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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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