Housing in Manchester

A typical Manchester home is worth roughly $232,000

Typical home value

$232K

WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,451

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Manchester?

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

Your money goes further32% below the Wisconsin typical home.A second-home town21% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$286,000

Typical Manchester home $232K

That covers a typical Manchester home, with $53K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,420

Loan $1,150Tax $200Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $450 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Irving$324K Albion$239K Brockway$159K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Manchester’s typical property tax (1.05% 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

87% of Manchester households own their home

Half of Manchester’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters

Own 87%Rent 13%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1989

typical home built · WI 1975

$2,451

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

1.05%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

21%

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 $873, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$790

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,240

4 bedrooms$1,480

13%

of households rent · WI 32%

renter households

$873

median rent paid today · Census

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

Manchester vs. its neighbors

Manchester is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Irving$324K Albion$239K Manchester$232K Brockway$159K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Manchester	$232K*	—	$970	—	$74,643
Irving	$324K*	—	$1,060	4	$80,000
Albion	$239K*	—	$980	—	$68,214
Brockway	$159K*	—	$970	—	$49,896
New Lyme	—	+11.7%†	$1,060	—	$104,844

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.