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Housing in Jim Falls

A typical Jim Falls home is worth about $346,000

Up 5.5% in a year, close to the Wisconsin typical home.

Typical home value
$346K
▲ 5.5% in a year · WI $340K
Zillow
Median sale price
$300K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in May · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,180
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,679
WI $3,792

Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

Price trend

Up 35.8% in five years

Faster than Wisconsin (31.2%).

Jim FallsWisconsin
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryJim FallsWisconsin
2017$163,000$180,000
2018$178,000$190,000
2019$195,000$202,000
2020$206,000$215,000
2021$231,000$238,000
2022$263,000$263,000
2023$279,000$282,000
2024$293,000$299,000
2025$321,000$317,000
2026$339,000$333,000
August 2026$346,000$340,000
Then & now

A typical Jim Falls home worth $160K in September 2016 is worth about $346K today.

+$186K
+5.5%
past year
+35.8%
past 5 years
+115.8%
since 2016

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

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Jim Falls

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Jim Falls home $346K

That’s $66K short of a typical Jim Falls home.

The typical home, each month
$2,220
Loan $1,710Tax $410Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,180 a month here, $1,040 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,180

Renters already here pay a median of $1,054, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,180
3 bedrooms$1,580
4 bedrooms$1,590
39%
of households rent · WI 32%
59
renter households
$1,054
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

61% of Jim Falls households own their home

Half of Jim Falls’s homes were built before 1956.

Owners and renters
Own 61%Rent 39%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1956
typical home built · WI 1975
$1,679
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
2%
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

Jim Falls vs. its neighbors

Jim Falls is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Jim Falls$346K+5.5%$1,180$92,292
Anson$313K*+6.2%†$1,130$83,333
Eagle Point$372K*+8.8%†$1,170$110,654

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, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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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