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Housing in Germania

A typical Germania home is worth roughly $196,000

Typical home value
$196K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,517
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Germania?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Germania

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Germania home $196K

That covers a typical Germania home, with $83K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,260
Loan $970Tax $230Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $220 less 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

94% of Germania households own their home

Half of Germania’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1979
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,517
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
19%
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 $1,040

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,380
6%
of households rent · WI 32%
2
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

Germania vs. its neighbors

Germania is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Germania$196K*—$1,040—$68,750
Harrison—+15.8%†$9704$89,643
Franzen$208K*—$9800$71,591
Wittenberg$278K+13.3%$990—$78,523
Wyoming——$1,040—$78,000

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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