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Housing in Lime Ridge

A typical Lime Ridge home is worth roughly $146,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$146K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,813
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Lime Ridge?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Lime Ridge

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Lime Ridge home $146K

That covers a typical Lime Ridge home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$940
Loan $720Tax $170Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $70 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, 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.

The homes

77% of Lime Ridge households own their home

Half of Lime Ridge’s homes were built before 1944.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1944
typical home built · WI 1975
$1,813
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
8%
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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,360
23%
of households rent · WI 32%
17
renter households

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Lime Ridge in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 2013201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024110$60,000
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—

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

Next door

Lime Ridge vs. its neighbors

Lime Ridge is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Lime Ridge$146K*—$1,0100$114,375
Washington$295K*—$1,1007$81,071
Ironton$319K*+7.5%†$1,030—$77,500

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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