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Housing in Herman

A typical Herman home is worth roughly $175,000

Home prices around Herman have risen about 73% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$175K
▲ 3.5% in a year · WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,043
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Herman?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$338,000
Typical Herman home $175K

That covers a typical Herman home, with $163K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,090
Loan $860Tax $170Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $100 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Herman’s typical property tax (1.17% 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

Home prices up 73% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Herman rose 73% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 3.5%.

Herman areaWisconsin
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+3.5%
past year
+73%
past 5 years
+99%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Herman, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $1,219.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,320
15%
of households rent · WI 32%
21
renter households
$1,219
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Menominee County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

85% of Herman households own their home

Half of Herman’s homes were built before 1964.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1964
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,043
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.17%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
13%
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.

Next door

Herman vs. its neighbors

Herman is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Herman$175K*+3.5%†$990—$89,688
Gresham$263K+22.8%$1,0200$55,625
Seneca$140K*—$1,000—$62,500
Pella$184K*—$9805$61,121
Richmond$246K*+3.5%†$9700$85,636
Red Springs$170K*—$1,010—$64,432

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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