The story of this market
The typical home in Price County, Wisconsin sells for about $237,400, or $156 per square foot.
Prices are down 16.84% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 34 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 82% since 2000. Last year 3 of 6 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,014 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,014 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+23.4%). Worst: 2010 (-4.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.2%
WI · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,215
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 6 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
65
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $9,169,589.
Price County, Wisconsin
Price County is currently experiencing a buyer's market characterized by a significant year-over-year decline in median listing prices and homes staying on the market longer. Supply currently exceeds demand, with homes selling at a discount to the asking price. The local economy remains tied to its natural resource and recreation base.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 0.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 36 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 68.05% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.8% · poverty 12.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 9 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 54459 | Ogema | $222,379 | $135 | +5.7% | 68 | 97.2% | 18% | 4.7 | 112 | $594 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54513 | Brantwood | $216,595 | $145 | +2.4% | 112 | 96.5% | 12% | 8.5 | 124 | $825 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54524 | Fifield | $489,500 | $224 | +2.5% | 51 | — | — | 3.4 | 235 | $449 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54537 | Kennan | $489,500 | $224 | +2.5% | 51 | — | — | — | 235 | $1,014 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54541 | Laona | $149,000 | $313 | — | 103 | — | — | — | 59 | $579 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54546 | Mellen | $64,950 | $252 | — | 120 | 96% | 15% | 8 | 26 | $594 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54552 | Park Falls | $165,000 | $112 | +3.2% | 88 | 96.2% | 12% | 6.4 | 42 | $805 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54555 | Phillips | $319,000 | $332 | — | 11 | 100% | — | — | 11 | $811 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54565 | Upson | $225,000 | $138 | — | 81 | 100% | — | — | 7 | $725 | researched Sep 23 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county economy is supported by a mix of small-town industry and a significant recreation-based sector, with over 1,200 square miles of forests and lakes driving local tourism.
The economy is anchored by small-scale employers and a strong outdoor recreation sector, with an average weekly wage of $1,041.
- Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest4.716.4 mi
- Solberg Lake County Park4.74.6 mi
- Smith Lake County Park4.610.8 mi
- Elk Lake Park4.75 mi
- Historic Chequamegon/ Smith Rapids Covered Bridge4.717.8 mi
- Mondeaux Dam Lodge4.728.9 mi
- Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest4.716.4 mi
- Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park4.86.5 mi
- Solberg Lake County Park4.74.6 mi
- Smith Lake County Park4.610.8 mi
- Elk Lake Park4.75 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Over 1,200 square miles of forests, lakes, and rivers providing a destination for outdoor enthusiasts.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and Price County Fun 2026 report.