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Housing in Wonewoc

A typical Wonewoc home is worth roughly $119,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$119K
WI $340K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,769
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 1.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$263,000
Typical Wonewoc home $119K

That covers a typical Wonewoc home, with $144K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$770
Loan $590Tax $150Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $280 more 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 (1.49% 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 Wonewoc households own their home

Half of Wonewoc’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Wisconsin: 68% own.

1953
typical home built · WI 1975
$1,769
median property tax bill · WI $3,792
1.49%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · WI 1.42%
2%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $513, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,300
4 bedrooms$1,400
18%
of households rent · WI 32%
43
renter households
$513
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

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Wonewoc in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Wonewoc has permitted 3 homes in all.

Single-family
012 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
3
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−58
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wonewoc's population fell by 58 even though 1 new home was 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
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025110$459,000
2024110$459,000
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019110$200,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007110$129,000
2006000—
2005110$80,000
2004000—
2003000—
2002110$79,000
2001220$125,000
2000000—

Wonewoc'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.

On the market in Wonewoc

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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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