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Housing in Modena

A typical Modena 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
$1,990
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Modena?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Modena

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Modena home $232K

That covers a typical Modena home, with $48K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,490
Loan $1,150Tax $270Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $520 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, 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

85% of Modena households own their home

Half of Modena’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1938
typical home built · WI 1975
$1,990
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
12%
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 $1,063.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,540
15%
of households rent · WI 32%
6
renter households
$1,063
median rent paid today · Census

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

Modena vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Modena$232K*—$970$93,125
Nelson$269K+13.4%$970$78,125
Gilmanton—+5.8%†$990$61,625
Alma$250K+8.1%$970$61,447
Canton—+5.8%†$980$84,063

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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