Housing in Jamestown

A typical Jamestown home is worth roughly $241,000

Typical home value

$241K

WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,020

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$3,837

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Jamestown?

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

Your money goes further29% below the Wisconsin typical 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

$330,000

Typical Jamestown home $241K

That covers a typical Jamestown home, with $89K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,580

Loan $1,190Tax $320Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $560 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Dubuque$250K Menominee$202K Hazel Green$277K Dunleith$195K Potosi$206K Paris$279K East Dubuque$238K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jamestown’s typical property tax (1.59% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $1,052.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$1,020

3 bedrooms$1,290

4 bedrooms$1,670

29%

of households rent · WI 32%

193

renter households

31%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%

13%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,052

median rent paid today · Census

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

71% of Jamestown households own their home

Half of Jamestown’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters

Own 71%Rent 29%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1978

typical home built · WI 1975

$3,837

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

1.59%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Jamestown vs. its neighbors

Jamestown is the 4th priciest of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Paris$279K Hazel Green$277K Dubuque$250K Jamestown$241K East Dubuque$238K Potosi$206K Menominee$202K Dunleith$195K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Jamestown	$241K*	—	$1,020	—	$92,875
Dubuque	$250K	+4.5%	$1,110	216	$65,845
Menominee	$202K*	+5.1%†	$1,040	—	$90,444
Hazel Green	$277K	+6.6%	$1,030	2	$83,646
Dunleith	$195K*	+4.5%†	$1,050	—	$69,505
Potosi	$206K*	—	$970	—	$81,389
Paris	$279K*	+0.2%†	$980	—	$98,750
East Dubuque	$238K	+7.4%	$1,050	0	$67,891

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.