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Housing in Wonewoc

A typical Wonewoc home is worth roughly $255,000

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$255K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,363
WI $3,792

What kind of housing town is Wonewoc?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$265,000
Typical Wonewoc home $255K

That covers a typical Wonewoc home, with $10K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,620
Loan $1,260Tax $280Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $590 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wonewoc’s typical property tax (1.32% 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 $850, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,270
4 bedrooms$1,390
12%
of households rent · WI 32%
21
renter households
$850
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

2 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Wonewoc in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Wonewoc has permitted 21 homes in all.

Single-family
012345 2013201520202025
2
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
21
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$321,000
2025220$683,000
2024550$1.6 million
2023220$606,000
2022550$1.4 million
2021110$245,000
2020330$713,000
2019110$155,000
2018000—
2017110$380,000
2016110$120,000
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—

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

The homes

88% of Wonewoc households own their home

Half of Wonewoc’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1978
typical home built · WI 1975
$3,363
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.32%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
6%
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.

Next door

Wonewoc vs. its neighbors

Wonewoc is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Wonewoc$255K*—$1,0302$72,115
Elroy$230K+10.5%$9900$58,385
Hillsboro$210K+11.6%$9701$58,750
Woodland$315K*—$1,040—$80,893
Summit$291K*—$1,0104$86,250
Plymouth$309K*—$9903$79,250

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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