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Wisconsin housing market
In the Badger State, part of the Census Bureau's East North Central division, Pecan Street tracks 13 markets. Median sale prices run from $290K in Fond du Lac to $454K in Madison over Jul–Sep 2026. All 13 are higher than a year earlier, led by Racine (+12.7%).
Homes sit longest in Madison (56 median days on market) and sell fastest in Racine (33 days). The share of active listings with a price cut runs from 21% in Appleton to 47% in Wausau. Price-to-rent ratios run from about 15 in Oshkosh to 21 in Milwaukee, measured as years of HUD Fair Market Rent per median sale price. Among the 385 U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, the Racine metro has the 2nd-fewest median days on market and the Appleton metro the 9th-lowest share of listings with a price cut. Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 3.2% in Sep 2026 (BLS via FRED), below the national rate of 4.2%.
Markets at a glance
| Market | Median sale price | YoY | Days on market | Price-cut share | Price-to-rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton | $349K | +2.2% | 40 | 21% | ≈ 17 |
| Eau Claire | $332K | +6.7% | 49 | 45% | ≈ 16 |
| Fond du Lac | $290K | +7.3% | 48 | 25% | ≈ 15 |
| Green Bay | $365K | +4.9% | 44 | 26% | ≈ 18 |
| Janesville | $307K | +4.3% | 40 | 45% | ≈ 16 |
| Kenosha | $304K city only | +8.5% | 36 | 34% | — |
| La Crosse | $324K | +4.4% | 45 | 31% | ≈ 16 |
| Madison | $454K | +4.2% | 56 | 44% | ≈ 18 |
| Milwaukee | $385K | +5.6% | 37 | 27% | ≈ 21 |
| Oshkosh | $298K | +1.7% | 36 | 21% | ≈ 15 |
| Racine | $334K | +12.7% | 33 | 32% | ≈ 17 |
| Sheboygan | $325K | +2.6% | 38 | 31% | ≈ 19 |
| Wausau | $297K | +5.2% | 45 | 47% | ≈ 16 |
Median sale price and year-over-year change from Redfin (rolling three months); median days on market and the share of active listings with a price cut from Realtor.com; price-to-rent is each market page's figure (its median sale price over a year of HUD Fair Market Rent). Figures are per metro market, not statewide. “City only” marks a metro whose median is its principal city's while a county is missing from the closed-sale source.
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