Pella, WI housing market
Builders were permitted 5 new homes in 2025.
Home values, sales, trends and how Pella compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
5 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 5 new homes in Pella in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.8 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Pella has permitted 41 homes in all.
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $369,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $695,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $628,000 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $550,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $986,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $85,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $405,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
Pella and its neighbors
| Town | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pella | — | $980 | 5 | $61,121 |
| Belle Plaine | +5%† | $980 | 11 | $74,779 |
| Herman | +3.5%† | $990 | — | $89,688 |
| Larrabee | +7.5%† | $1,000 | — | $80,515 |
| Leopolis | — | $1,020 | — | — |
† FHFA price index change, where Zillow has no home value for the town.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Pella is $980 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Pella pay a median of $1,052.
Studio $740 · 4 bedrooms $1,330
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (54166, 54928, 54929, 54950; Shawano County, WI), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.