A typical Wautoma home is worth roughly $179,000
Home prices around Wautoma have risen about 80% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 23 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Wautoma?
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A typical home costs 5.5 years of income
More than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $63K short of a typical Wautoma home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $180 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wautoma’s typical property tax (1.45% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
23 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 23 new homes in Wautoma in 2025: 1 single-family house and 22 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $2.4 million to build. That's 13 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Wautoma has permitted 74 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wautoma's population fell by 9 even though 10 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 6 | 1 | 5 | $695,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1 | 22 | $2.4 million |
| 2024 | 24 | 1 | 23 | $3.1 million |
| 2023 | 22 | 0 | 22 | $2.6 million |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $547,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $245,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $557,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $113,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 8 | 2 | 6 | $676,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $309,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $153,000 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1 | 10 | $521,000 |
| 2005 | 11 | 4 | 7 | $1.1 million |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $781,000 |
| 2003 | 22 | 2 | 20 | $1.1 million |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $144,000 |
| 2001 | 39 | 3 | 36 | $1.6 million |
| 2000 | 8 | 2 | 6 | $482,000 |
Wautoma'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.
Home prices up 80% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Wautoma rose 80% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 7%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Wautoma home at roughly $179,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $179K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Wautoma, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $801, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Marquette County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
54% of Wautoma households own their home
Half of Wautoma’s homes were built before 1965.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Wautoma vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Wautoma. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wautoma | $179K* | +7%† | $970 | 23 | $32,361 |
| Dakota | $175K* | +7%† | $970 | — | $80,600 |
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. 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.