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Housing in Mukwa

A typical Mukwa home is worth roughly $389,000

Home prices around Mukwa have risen about 62% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2013.

Typical home value
$389K
▲ 1% in a year · WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,276
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Mukwa?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Mukwa households own their home

Half of Mukwa’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1983
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,276
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.03%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Price trend

Home prices up 62% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Mukwa rose 62% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Mukwa home at roughly $389,000 today.

Mukwa areaWisconsin
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+1%
past year
+62%
past 5 years
+94%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $389K.

How Mukwa ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mukwa, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$401,000
Typical Mukwa home $389K

That covers a typical Mukwa home, with $13K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,370
Loan $1,930Tax $340Insurance $110

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $1,330 less than owning.

How Mukwa ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mukwa’s typical property tax (1.03% 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 $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $964.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,380
4 bedrooms$1,410
6%
of households rent · WI 32%
37
renter households
65%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%
12%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$964
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2013

No permits for new homes were issued in Mukwa in 2013. The last year with any was 2011 (4 new homes).

Single-family
0102030 200020052010
0
new homes permitted in 2013
107
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2013000—
2012000—
2011440$882,000
2010550$959,000
2009440$459,000
200812120$2.3 million
200715150$2.8 million
200619190$3.1 million
200519190$3.9 million
200429290$5.5 million
200327270$4.6 million
200229290$4.5 million
200122220$3.3 million
2000660$795,000

Mukwa's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2013, so the 2013 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Mukwa vs. its neighbors

Mukwa is the 2nd priciest of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Mukwa$389K*+1%†$1,040—$105,385
New London$293K+6.3%$1,03022$60,612
Caledonia$340K*−0.4%†$1,070—$109,167
Royalton$259K*+6.3%†$1,050—$79,205
Lebanon$239K*+5.3%†$1,010—$79,138
Hortonia$418K*+7.7%†$1,0301$102,813
Weyauwega$294K+5.8%$1,060—$82,292

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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