Housing in Thornapple

A typical Thornapple home is worth roughly $181,000

Home prices around Thornapple have risen about 61% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$181K

▼ 3.6% in a year · WI $340K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,616

WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Thornapple?

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

Your money goes further47% below the Wisconsin typical home.Prices coolingDown 3.6% in a year.

★ 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

$242,000

Typical Thornapple home $181K

That covers a typical Thornapple home, with $61K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,080

Loan $900Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $110 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Atlanta$175K Stubbs$178K Bruce$222K Flambeau$166K Grant$173K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Thornapple’s typical property tax (0.89% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 61% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Thornapple rose 61% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices fell 3.6%.

Thornapple areaWisconsin

−3.6%

past year

+61%

past 5 years

+84%

past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Thornapple, 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 $1,014.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,290

22%

of households rent · WI 32%

renter households

$1,014

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

78% of Thornapple households own their home

Half of Thornapple’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 22%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1978

typical home built · WI 1975

$1,616

median property tax bill · WI $3,792

0.89%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%

11%

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.

Next door

Thornapple vs. its neighbors

Thornapple is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Bruce$222K Thornapple$181K Stubbs$178K Atlanta$175K Grant$173K Flambeau$166K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Thornapple	$181K*	−3.6%†	$970	—	$62,083
Atlanta	$175K*	—	$980	—	$78,438
Stubbs	$178K*	—	$1,020	—	$58,333
Bruce	$222K	+8%	$970	1	$52,667
Hubbard	—	+2.3%†	$970	1	$50,417
Flambeau	$166K*	+2.3%†	$970	—	$83,393
Grant	$173K*	+2.3%†	$990	—	$75,536

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.