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Housing in Mount Hope

A typical Mount Hope home is worth roughly $210,000

Typical home value
$210K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,750
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Mount Hope?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Mount Hope

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Mount Hope home $210K

That covers a typical Mount Hope home, with $69K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,350
Loan $1,040Tax $250Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $380 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $881, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,590
33%
of households rent · WI 32%
17
renter households
$881
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

68% of Mount Hope households own their home

Half of Mount Hope’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 68%Rent 33%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1992
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,750
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
5%
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.

Next door

Mount Hope vs. its neighbors

Mount Hope 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
Mount Hope$210K*—$970—$62,500
Woodman——$1,0300$82,750
Mount Ida$246K*—$970—$66,538
Little Grant——$9701$78,250
Patch Grove$274K*—$9800$69,609

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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