housing costs · Wisconsin
Housing costs in Portage County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $940 | ± $21 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $903 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $876 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $830 | ± $16 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $243,100 | ± $5,230 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $230,400 | ± $4,684 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $214,700 | ± $4,719 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $184,900 | ± $3,637 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.0 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.1 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.8 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.1 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Portage County is $940, above the Wisconsin median of $878 across 72 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.