A typical Necedah home is worth roughly $155,000
Home prices around Necedah have risen about 67% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Necedah?
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Home prices up 67% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Necedah rose 67% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices fell 12%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Necedah home at roughly $155,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $155K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Necedah, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 2.7 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Necedah home, with $39K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $90 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Necedah’s typical property tax (1.95% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $939.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Adams County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Necedah in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.8 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Necedah has permitted 19 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Necedah gained 8 residents while 29 new homes were permitted: about 0.3 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $563,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $525,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $475,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $273,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $278,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $858,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $858,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $70,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 | $750,000 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 6 | $685,000 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 | $820,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | $300,000 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | $400,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 | 4 | $754,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $201,000 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $202,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
1 of Necedah’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Necedah’s homes were built before 1962.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Neighbors talk housing
What Necedah buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.