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Housing in Pacific

A typical Pacific home is worth roughly $373,000

Home prices around Pacific have risen about 60% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$373K
▲ 9.1% in a year · WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,140
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,245
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Pacific?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 60% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Pacific rose 60% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Wisconsin. Last year prices rose 9.1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Pacific home at roughly $373,000 today.

Pacific areaWisconsin
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+9.1%
past year
+60%
past 5 years
+100%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $373K.

How Pacific ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Pacific, 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 4.2 years of income

About the same as across Wisconsin. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$348,000
Typical Pacific home $373K

That’s $25K short of a typical Pacific home.

The typical home, each month
$2,200
Loan $1,850Tax $240Insurance $110

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140 a month here, $1,060 less than owning.

How Pacific ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Pacific’s typical property tax (0.79% 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

89% of Pacific households own their home

Half of Pacific’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1990
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,245
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
0.79%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
14%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140

Renters already here pay a median of $950, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$880
2 bedrooms$1,140
3 bedrooms$1,570
4 bedrooms$1,720
11%
of households rent · WI 32%
118
renter households
13%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$950
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Pacific vs. its neighbors

Pacific is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Pacific$373K*+9.1%†$1,140—$87,941
Portage$296K+2.7%$1,23011$64,722
Caledonia$391K*+1.7%†$1,220—$98,182
Dekorra$371K*+7.7%†$1,120—$122,222
Wyocena$307K*+9.6%†$1,170—$97,609
Fort Winnebago$257K*+5.9%†$1,230—$86,250

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. 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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