The story of this market
The typical home in Wood County, Wisconsin sells for about $300,000, or $155 per square foot.
Prices are up +14.89% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 32 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 131% since 2000. Last year 16 of 17 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
+7%
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 (+13.9%). Worst: 2014 (-1.8%). 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
$1,299
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
+7%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 17 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
77
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $39,415,548.
Wood County, Wisconsin
Wood County is experiencing a hot market with homes selling near asking price and steady price appreciation. Limited inventory is driving competition, though the market remains relatively affordable compared to state averages.
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 1.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 43 days on market with 1.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
7% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 78.96% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.5% · poverty 9.5% — 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 6 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.
Wood County, Wisconsin — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 9.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
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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| 54410 | Arpin | $215,000 | $138 | +4.2% | 42 | 98.2% | 15% | 3.5 | 12 | $789 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54449 | Marshfield | $270,000 | $167 | +12.3% | 101 | — | — | — | 57 | $849 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54457 | Nekoosa | $201,396 | $135 | -12.2% | 58 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.1 | 152 | $765 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54466 | Pittsville | $145,000 | $98 | +2.1% | 82 | 97.5% | 15% | 6.4 | 12 | $669 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54475 | Rudolph | $325,000 | $165 | +1.6% | 22 | 100.1% | 12% | 1.6 | 89 | $700 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54494 | Wisconsin Rapids | $252,500 | $140 | -0.1% | 17 | 98% | — | 2 | 106 | $931 | 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.
Economic development is supported by the Central Wisconsin Economic Development Fund and local planning initiatives focused on regional resource conservation and forestry.
Property taxes are administered at the county level with search and payment services provided through the Wood County Treasurer's office.
The county maintains a system of parks and forestry recreation areas managed by the Wood County Parks & Forestry Department.
The rental market is characterized by limited supply with approximately 54 active rental listings currently on the market.
The economy is supported by regional development funds and agricultural/forestry committees focused on local resource management.
- Putt -N- Play4.724.6 mi
- Tactical Escape 101- Stevens Point Escape Room4.926.2 mi
- Lake Arrowhead - Pines Course4.623.3 mi
- Ridges Golf Course And Banquet Facility4.416.1 mi
- Hollyrock's, LLC4.513.6 mi
- Sky Club Supper Club4.326.2 mi
- Tiki Beach Bar & Grill4.225.2 mi
- Ho-Chunk Gaming Nekoosa3.714.5 mi
- Wildwood Zoo4.613.4 mi
- Jurustic Park4.918.6 mi
- George W. Mead State Wildlife Area4.618.6 mi
- South Wood County Park & Campground4.618 mi
- Food + Farm Exploration Center4.827.3 mi
- Jurustic Park4.918.6 mi
- Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center4.925.5 mi
- The Highground Veterans Memorial Park4.929.9 mi
- Edgar Steam Show4.629.6 mi
- Wildwood Zoo4.613.4 mi
- George W. Mead State Wildlife Area4.618.6 mi
- South Wood County Park & Campground4.618 mi
- North Wood County Park & Campground4.64.5 mi
- Sandhill State Wildlife Area4.611.9 mi
- Lure Bar & Grill3.922.5 mi
- Chang's Half Moon Lakeview Bar & Grill4.429.4 mi
- Ridges Golf Course And Banquet Facility4.416.1 mi
- Bullseye Golf Club4.713.3 mi
- RiverEdge Golf Course & Banquet Facility4.511.9 mi
- Homestead Golf Course & Supper Club4.49.9 mi
- Marshfield Country Club4.214.5 mi
- Fleet Farm4.215.4 mi
- Pick 'n Save414.4 mi
- Pick 'n Save4.213.8 mi
- Kohl's4.114.6 mi
- Marshfield Towne Center by Midland Management, LLC3.514.7 mi
- Central Wisconsin Airport4.328.9 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.
Provides extensive outdoor recreation areas including trails and forest lands for public use.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS profiles.