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Housing in Namakagon

A typical Namakagon home is worth roughly $478,000

Typical home value
$478K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,750
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Namakagon?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

90% of Namakagon households own their home

Half of Namakagon’s homes were built before 1980.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1980
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,750
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
62%
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

What it takes to buy in Namakagon

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Namakagon home $478K

That’s $199K short of a typical Namakagon home.

The typical home, each month
$3,070
Loan $2,370Tax $570Insurance $140

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $2,090 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $415, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,320
10%
of households rent · WI 32%
15
renter households
$415
median rent paid today · Census

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

Namakagon vs. its neighbors

Namakagon is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Namakagon$478K*—$980—$70,625
Grand View$189K+10%$1,030—$84,205
Spider Lake$305K*−2.5%†$1,0405$87,805
Cable$382K+3.4%$970—$54,016
Gordon——$9801$72,895

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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