A typical Lincoln home is worth roughly $212,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Lincoln?
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1 of Lincoln’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Lincoln’s homes were built before 1992.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A typical home costs 2.7 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Lincoln home, with $81K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $370 less than owning.
How Lincoln ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lincoln’s typical property tax (1.25% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $433, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Forest County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Lincoln in 2025. That's 0.8 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Lincoln has permitted 28 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Lincoln gained 178 residents while 29 new homes were permitted: about 6.1 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $532,000 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $391,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $265,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $839,000 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $902,000 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $960,000 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $650,000 |
Lincoln's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Lincoln vs. its neighbors
Lincoln is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.