Housing in Grow

A typical Grow home is worth roughly $170,000

Typical home value

$170K

WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,060

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,676

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Grow?

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

Your money goes further50% below the Wisconsin typical home.A town of owners90% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$258,000

Typical Grow home $170K

That covers a typical Grow home, with $88K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,030

Loan $840Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $30 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Grant$173K Marshall$140K Willard$253K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Grow’s typical property tax (0.98% 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

90% of Grow households own their home

Half of Grow’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 10%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1977

typical home built · WI 1975

$1,676

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

0.98%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

15%

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 $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $725, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$1,060

3 bedrooms$1,310

4 bedrooms$1,420

10%

of households rent · WI 32%

renter households

$725

median rent paid today · Census

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

Grow vs. its neighbors

Grow is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Willard$253K Grant$173K Grow$170K Marshall$140K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Grow	$170K*	—	$1,060	—	$66,538
Conrath	—	—	$1,350	0	—
Grant	$173K*	+2.3%†	$990	—	$75,536
Lawrence	—	—	$980	1	$43,587
Marshall	$140K*	—	$1,100	—	$65,125
Dewey	—	—	$1,010	4	$83,750
Willard	$253K	+8.4%	$1,320	6	$66,250

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.