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Housing in Scott

A typical Scott home is worth roughly $207,000

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$207K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,824
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Scott?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$245,000
Typical Scott home $207K

That covers a typical Scott home, with $38K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,320
Loan $1,020Tax $240Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $340 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Scott ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Scott’s typical property tax (1.36% 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

94% of Scott households own their home

Half of Scott’s homes were built before 1998.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 7%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1998
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,824
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.36%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
20%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $975.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,480
7%
of households rent · WI 32%
7
renter households
$975
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

3 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Scott in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Scott has permitted 47 homes in all.

Single-family
0510 2013201520202025
3
new homes permitted in 2025
3
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
47
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)330$492,000
2025330$516,000
2024770$1 million
2023440$465,000
2022330$500,000
2021770$1 million
2020770$625,000
2019440$210,000
2018660$665,000
2017330$270,000
2016330$410,000
201510100$501,000
2014110$200,000
2013440$618,000

How Scott ranks on new homes being built →

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Scott vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Scott$207K*—$9803$66,964
Marietta——$9705$64,000
Richwood$223K*—$970—$69,063
Haney——$1,0000$55,208
Clayton$228K*—$980—$71,125

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 Scott 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. 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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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