Portage County, WI real estate

What the numbers say

Portage County, WI real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Portage County listed for $344,950, down 10.4% from a year earlier. That is 12% below the Wisconsin median of $389,900.

Homes spent a median of 52 days on the market, slower than 44 days a year ago. That makes Portage County the #23 fastest-selling of 29 Wisconsin counties we track.

Homeowners in Portage County pay a median of $3,492 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $243,100, an effective rate of about 1.44%. The Wisconsin average is 1.42%, which makes Portage County the #50 lowest-tax of 72 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $940 a month, and $971 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 31 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $345,000 home here comes to about $2,437 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $104,000 a year (the median household here earns $76,070).