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Housing in Kickapoo

A typical Kickapoo home is worth roughly $270,000

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$270K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,583
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Kickapoo?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$255,000
Typical Kickapoo home $270K

That’s $15K short of a typical Kickapoo home.

The typical home, each month
$1,630
Loan $1,340Tax $220Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $620 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, Kickapoo’s typical property tax (0.96% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

86% of Kickapoo households own their home

Half of Kickapoo’s homes were built before 1994.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1994
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,583
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
0.96%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
23%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Renters already here pay a median of $742, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,540
14%
of households rent · WI 32%
18
renter households
$742
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

3 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Kickapoo in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.3 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Kickapoo has permitted 50 homes in all.

Single-family
02468 2000201520202025
3
new homes permitted in 2025
4
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
50
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)440$661,000
2025330$1.3 million
2024770$1.4 million
2023660$1.8 million
2022770$1.9 million
2021440$979,000
2020770$1.7 million
2019440$904,000
2018330$644,000
2017550$1.3 million
2016440$1 million
2015660$1.5 million
2014220$471,000
2013330$550,000
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Kickapoo vs. its neighbors

Kickapoo is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Kickapoo$270K*—$1,0103$66,161
Clayton$228K*—$980—$71,125
Sylvan$207K*+25.4%†$1,030—$66,667
Liberty——$1,0702$73,594
Franklin$233K*+5.4%†$1,0101$75,208
Viroqua$283K+8.9%$1,0202$93,182

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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