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Housing in Wind Lake

A typical Wind Lake home is worth about $481,000

Up 5.6% in a year, 42% above the Wisconsin typical home.

Typical home value
$481K
▲ 5.6% in a year · WI $340K
Zillow
Median sale price
$367K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
4
in May · 12 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,420
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,132
WI $3,792

Only 4 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Wind Lake?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$392,000
Typical Wind Lake home $481K

That’s $89K short of a typical Wind Lake home.

The typical home, each month
$2,950
Loan $2,380Tax $430Insurance $140

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420 a month here, $1,530 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wind Lake’s typical property tax (1.07% 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

Up 36.8% in five years

Faster than Wisconsin (31.2%).

Wind LakeWisconsin
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryWind LakeWisconsin
2017$252,000$180,000
2018$268,000$190,000
2019$288,000$202,000
2020$300,000$215,000
2021$322,000$238,000
2022$361,000$263,000
2023$387,000$282,000
2024$406,000$299,000
2025$433,000$317,000
2026$464,000$333,000
August 2026$481,000$340,000
Then & now

A typical Wind Lake home worth $246K in September 2016 is worth about $481K today.

+$235K
+5.6%
past year
+36.8%
past 5 years
+95.7%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420

Renters already here pay a median of $1,169, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$980
1 bedroom$1,140
2 bedrooms$1,420
3 bedrooms$1,830
4 bedrooms$2,260
25%
of households rent · WI 32%
529
renter households
32%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · WI 44%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,169
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

75% of Wind Lake households own their home

Half of Wind Lake’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1982
typical home built · WI 1975
$4,132
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.07%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Wind Lake vs. its neighbors

Wind Lake is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Wind Lake$481K+5.6%$1,420—$102,855
Norway$551K+5.7%$1,370—$103,278
Muskego$530K+6.2%$1,50026$112,221
Tichigan$446K*+11.7%†$1,420—$126,933
Waterford$446K+5.1%$1,420—$119,224

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, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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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