A typical Rome home is worth roughly $326,000
What kind of housing town is Rome?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.5 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Rome home, with $17K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210 a month here, $830 less than owning.
How Rome ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rome’s typical property tax (1.21% 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 $1,210
Renters already here pay a median of $1,047, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Jefferson County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
84% of Rome households own their home
Half of Rome’s homes were built before 1975.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Rome vs. its neighbors
Rome is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Rome 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. 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.