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Housing in Spruce

A typical Spruce home is worth roughly $222,000

Home prices around Spruce have risen about 82% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$222K
▲ 5.3% in a year · WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,672
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Spruce?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Spruce home $222K

That covers a typical Spruce home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,390
Loan $1,100Tax $220Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $420 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Spruce’s typical property tax (1.20% 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

82% of Spruce households own their home

Half of Spruce’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 19%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1969
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,672
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
35%
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.

Price trend

Home prices up 82% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Spruce rose 82% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 5.3%.

Spruce areaWisconsin
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+5.3%
past year
+82%
past 5 years
+114%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Spruce, 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $850, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,310
19%
of households rent · WI 32%
45
renter households
$850
median rent paid today · Census

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

Spruce vs. its neighbors

Spruce is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Spruce$222K*+5.3%†$970$75,417
Maple Valley$178K*+0.7%†$980$58,125
Oconto Falls$289K+7.6%$970$91,597
Brazeau$231K*—$970$72,688
Lena$306K+9%$970$90,650

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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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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