A typical Homestead home is worth roughly $180,000
Home prices around Homestead have risen about 39% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Homestead?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 39% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Homestead rose 39% over the past 5 years, slower than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices fell 10%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Homestead, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
98% of Homestead households own their home
Half of Homestead’s homes were built before 1978.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A typical home costs 2.6 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Homestead home, with $85K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110 a month here, $0 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Homestead’s typical property tax (1.12% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Florence County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Homestead vs. its neighbors
Homestead is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead | $180K* | −10.5%† | $1,110 | — | $69,750 |
| Fence | $184K | +10.9% | $1,090 | — | $51,534 |
| Aurora | $163K* | +20.1%† | $1,070 | — | $78,935 |
| Goodman | $150K | +3% | $1,020 | 2 | $49,167 |
| Commonwealth | $161K* | −10.8%† | $1,120 | — | $60,515 |
| Dunbar | $196K | +9.9% | $1,100 | 4 | $54,688 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Homestead buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.