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Housing in Madge

A typical Madge home is worth roughly $319,000

Typical home value
$319K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,290
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,217
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Madge?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

96% of Madge households own their home

Half of Madge’s homes were built before 1996.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1996
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,217
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.01%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
46%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 5.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$238,000
Typical Madge home $319K

That’s $81K short of a typical Madge home.

The typical home, each month
$1,940
Loan $1,580Tax $270Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $650 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, Madge’s typical property tax (1.01% 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 $1,290

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$990
2 bedrooms$1,290
3 bedrooms$1,550
4 bedrooms$1,720
4%
of households rent · WI 32%
7
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Barron 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

Madge vs. its neighbors

Madge is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Madge$319K*—$1,290$61,528
Long Lake$156K+10.7%$1,240$71,369
Beaver Brook$231K*−2.5%†$1,080$91,111
Crystal—+0.2%†$970$94,375
Birchwood$352K+2.9%$1,050$77,250

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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