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Housing in Washington

A typical Washington home is worth roughly $322,000

Typical home value
$322K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,172
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Washington?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

89% of Washington households own their home

Half of Washington’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1977
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,172
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
0.98%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
53%
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 4.6 years of income

About the same as across Wisconsin. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$269,000
Typical Washington home $322K

That’s $53K short of a typical Washington home.

The typical home, each month
$1,950
Loan $1,600Tax $260Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $920 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Washington ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Washington’s typical property tax (0.98% 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 $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $638, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$780
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,360
11%
of households rent · WI 32%
30
renter households
$638
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Washington vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Washington. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Washington$322K*—$1,030$70,000
Liberty Grove$419K*—$1,200$79,500

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. 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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