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Housing in Herbster

A typical Herbster home is worth about $269,000

Down 1% in a year, 21% below the Wisconsin typical home.

Typical home value
$269K
▼ 1% in a year · WI $340K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Herbster?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Herbster

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Herbster home $269K

That covers a typical Herbster home, with $11K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,730
Loan $1,330Tax $320Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $760 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.

Price trend

Up 10.3% in five years

Slower than Wisconsin (31.2%).

HerbsterWisconsin
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryHerbsterWisconsin
2017$168,000$180,000
2018$173,000$190,000
2019$180,000$202,000
2020$192,000$215,000
2021$216,000$238,000
2022$254,000$263,000
2023$263,000$282,000
2024$261,000$299,000
2025$266,000$317,000
2026$275,000$333,000
August 2026$269,000$340,000
Then & now

A typical Herbster home worth $168K in September 2016 is worth about $269K today.

+$101K
−1%
past year
+10.3%
past 5 years
+60.4%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,290

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bayfield County, WI): 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, August 2026. 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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