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Housing in Upham

A typical Upham home is worth roughly $299,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$299K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,852
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Upham?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

99% of Upham households own their home

Half of Upham’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 99%Rent 1%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1977
typical home built · WI 1975
$2,852
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
0.95%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
54%
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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$325,000
Typical Upham home $299K

That covers a typical Upham home, with $26K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,810
Loan $1,480Tax $240Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $810 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Upham’s typical property tax (0.95% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,320
1%
of households rent · WI 32%

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

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Upham in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Upham has permitted 28 homes in all.

Single-family
02468 2013201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
28
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025110$300,000
2024110$300,000
2023000—
2022440$1.2 million
2021550$1.5 million
2020880$2.2 million
2019770$1.9 million
2018220$429,000
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—

Upham's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

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

Next door

Upham vs. its neighbors

Upham is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Upham$299K*—$1,0001$83,625
Elcho$323K+11.6%$980—$50,192
Summit——$1,010—$42,500
Neva$183K*—$990—$81,731
Ainsworth$228K*—$1,010—$78,194

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. 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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