The story of this market
The typical home in Rock County, Wisconsin sells for about $299,655, or $180 per square foot.
Prices are up +7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 42 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 139% since 2000. Last year 28 of 39 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is hail, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,280 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,280 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+5.9%
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 (+14%). Worst: 2010 (-5.9%). 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
$1,621
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
+5.9%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 39 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
55
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $73,344,959.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
84%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7834 | 5314 | 84% | 7.3% | $150,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Rock County, Wisconsin
Rock County's housing market shows steady appreciation with a 7% year-over-year increase in median sale prices. While inventory remains tight, sales volume has increased compared to the previous year, indicating sustained buyer demand despite higher price points.
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 down 0.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 37 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.27% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.5% · poverty 10.2% — 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 2 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.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
- Hurricane Harbor Rockford426.3 mi
- Volcano Falls Adventure Park4.421 mi
- Ninja Kidz Action Park (Previously Flow)4.824.9 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park3.824.7 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese4.224.8 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens4.723.3 mi
- The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa4.123.1 mi
- Fireside Theatre4.821.8 mi
- Walworth County Fairgrounds and Campgrounds- Elkhorn, Wisconsin4.524.7 mi
- BMO Center4.524.8 mi
- Rock Cut State Park4.618.8 mi
- Classic Cinemas Beloit XQ4.77.3 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens4.83.2 mi
- Timber Hill Winery4.711.9 mi
- AMC Machesney Park 144.217.6 mi
- Walworth County Fairgrounds and Campgrounds- Elkhorn, Wisconsin4.524.7 mi
- Discovery Center Museum4.824.3 mi
- Yerkes Observatory4.823.8 mi
- Historic Attractions4.911.3 mi
- Burpee Museum of Natural History4.724.3 mi
- Rock Cut State Park4.618.8 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens4.83.2 mi
- Palmer Park4.73.8 mi
- Blackhawk Campground4.212 mi
- Lakeland Campground414 mi
- Prairie Street Brewing Co.4.524.6 mi
- Lake Geneva Cruise Line4.829.7 mi
- Pettit's Lakeview Campground and Bar4.614.2 mi
- The Boat House Lauderdale Lakes4.325.4 mi
- Gage Marine4.524.6 mi
- Glen Erin Golf Club4.61.6 mi
- CeCelia's Golf Course4.67.1 mi
- Prairie Woods Golf Course4.512.8 mi
- Delbrook Golf Course4.118.7 mi
- Koshkonong Mounds Country Club4.518 mi
- Meijer4.317.8 mi
- Blain's Farm & Fleet4.46.7 mi
- Skelly's Farm Market4.73.3 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.46.5 mi
- Schnucks Roscoe4.313.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov