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Housing in Liberty

A typical Liberty home is worth roughly $148,000

Typical home value
$148K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,979
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Liberty?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$360,000
Typical Liberty home $148K

That covers a typical Liberty home, with $212K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$940
Loan $730Tax $160Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $30 more 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, Liberty’s typical property tax (1.34% 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

90% of Liberty households own their home

Half of Liberty’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1948
typical home built · WI 1975
$1,979
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.34%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
10%
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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $439, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,600
10%
of households rent · WI 32%
17
renter households
$439
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.

Next door

Liberty vs. its neighbors

Liberty is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Liberty$148K*—$970$98,125
North Lancaster$280K*+3.6%†$980$101,000
Ellenboro$247K*+3.4%†$1,000$86,500
Fennimore$213K+6.6%$970$51,875

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.

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