A typical Sylvan home is worth roughly $207,000
Home prices around Sylvan have risen about 90% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Sylvan?
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Home prices up 90% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Sylvan rose 90% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 25%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Sylvan, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Sylvan home, with $48K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $240 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sylvan’s typical property tax (1.07% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
78% of Sylvan households own their home
Half of Sylvan’s homes were built before 1972.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030
Renters already here pay a median of $1,313.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Richland County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Sylvan vs. its neighbors
Sylvan is the least expensive of 4 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 Sylvan 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. 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.