Wood County, WI real estate

What the numbers say

Wood County, WI real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Wood County listed for $277,450, up 2.9% from a year earlier. That is 29% below the Wisconsin median of $389,900.

Homes spent a median of 46 days on the market, slower than 45 days a year ago. That makes Wood County the #17 fastest-selling of 29 Wisconsin counties we track.

Homeowners in Wood County pay a median of $2,697 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $175,600, an effective rate of about 1.54%. The Wisconsin average is 1.42%, which makes Wood County the #61 lowest-tax of 72 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $856 a month, and $882 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 27 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 $277,000 home here comes to about $1,983 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $85,000 a year (the median household here earns $67,989).