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Housing in Shullsburg

A typical Shullsburg home is worth roughly $149,000

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$149K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,413
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Shullsburg?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$226,000
Typical Shullsburg home $149K

That covers a typical Shullsburg home, with $78K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$980
Loan $740Tax $200Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $10 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Shullsburg’s typical property tax (1.62% 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

85% of Shullsburg households own their home

Half of Shullsburg’s homes were built before 1946.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1946
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,413
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.62%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $914.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,470
15%
of households rent · WI 32%
52
renter households
75%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%
18%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$914
median rent paid today · Census

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

2 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Shullsburg in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.7 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Shullsburg has permitted 23 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
012345 200020052010201520202025
2
new homes permitted in 2025
4
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1.7
per 1,000 residents · WI 4.3
23
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−53
New homes+5

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Shullsburg's population fell by 53 even though 5 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)422$1.1 million
2025220$734,000
2024404$720,000
2023550$1.5 million
2022422$1.2 million
2021220$443,000
2020220$425,000
2019220$305,000
2018220$350,000
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012110$120,000
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008220$233,000
2007220$233,000
2006330$350,000
2005330$350,000
2004330$350,000
2003110$180,000
2002110$70,000
2001110$80,000
2000000—

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

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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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