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Housing in Perry

A typical Perry home is worth roughly $446,000

Home prices around Perry have risen about 52% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$446K
▲ 5.6% in a year · WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,560
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$5,111
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Perry?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$350,000
Typical Perry home $446K

That’s $96K short of a typical Perry home.

The typical home, each month
$2,760
Loan $2,210Tax $430Insurance $130

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,560 a month here, $1,200 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Perry’s typical property tax (1.15% 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

2 of Perry’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1972.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1972
typical home built · WI 1975
$5,111
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.15%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Perry

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Price trend

Home prices up 52% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Perry rose 52% over the past 5 years, slower than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 5.6%.

Perry areaWisconsin
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+5.6%
past year
+52%
past 5 years
+87%
past 10 years

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,560

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,170
1 bedroom$1,370
2 bedrooms$1,560
3 bedrooms$2,060
4 bedrooms$2,310
7%
of households rent · WI 32%
8
renter households

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

Perry vs. its neighbors

Perry is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Perry$446K*+5.6%†$1,560—$92,500
Blue Mounds$457K+1.1%$1,5109$101,806
York$418K*+10.9%†$1,320—$113,438
Primrose$479K*+6%†$1,550—$107,500
Moscow$444K*—$1,330—$111,518

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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What Perry buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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