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Housing in Wayne

A typical Wayne home is worth roughly $241,000

Typical home value
$241K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,250
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Wayne?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Wayne

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Wayne home $241K

That covers a typical Wayne home, with $39K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,550
Loan $1,190Tax $290Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $580 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, the Wisconsin typical property tax (1.42% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

82% of Wayne households own their home

Half of Wayne’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1953
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,250
median property tax bill · WI $3,792

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $785, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,470
18%
of households rent · WI 32%
25
renter households
$785
median rent paid today · Census

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

Wayne vs. its neighbors

Wayne is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wayne$241K*—$970$96,875
Wiota$278K*—$980$103,125
Gratiot$261K+12.9%$970$50,000
Cadiz$218K*—$980$81,719

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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