Halsey, WI housing market
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
Home values, sales, trends and how Halsey 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 Halsey in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.1 million to build.
Show as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $935,000 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $278,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
Halsey and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halsey | — | — | $1,000 | 3 | $88,750 |
| Rietbrock | — | — | $1,000 | 4 | $85,227 |
| Hamburg | — | — | $1,000 | 3 | $92,656 |
| Athens | $255K | +9.6% | $1,000 | 5 | $52,750 |
| Bern | — | — | $1,000 | 3 | $78,929 |
| Corning | — | +6.8%† | $970 | — | $80,139 |
† 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 $1,000
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Halsey is $1,000 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Halsey pay a median of $857, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Studio $690 · 4 bedrooms $1,420
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (54411; Wausau, 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.