The story of this market
The typical home in Columbia County, Wisconsin sells for about $383,716, or $200 per square foot.
Prices are up +12.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 58 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 136% since 2000. Last year 11 of 13 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is hail, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,136 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,136 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.3%
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: 2023 (+11.6%). Worst: 2010 (-4.9%). 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
$1,573
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
+4.3%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 13 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
91
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $51,381,104.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
82.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3226 | 2131 | 82.2% | 4.4% | $205,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Columbia County, Wisconsin
Columbia County is experiencing a robust housing market with double-digit year-over-year price appreciation and high sale-to-list ratios. Low inventory levels continue to drive competition, keeping days on market elevated but stable as buyers adjust to current interest rate environments.
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: median price corroborated by the published ten-year series (2024) (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 0.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 43 days on market with 4.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
5% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96.05% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.2% · poverty 6.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 13 researched ZIP reports of 14 — 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.
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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| 53555 | Lodi | $388,500 | $246 | +6% | 27 | 99.6% | 14% | 7.2 | 196 | $1,352 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53901 | Portage | $390,000 | $206 | -4.3% | 41 | 98.5% | 14% | 3.2 | 101 | $1,012 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53911 | Arlington | $344,900 | $210 | -1.3% | 59 | 99.9% | 16% | 3.2 | 230 | $1,286 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53913 | Baraboo | $235,000 | $169 | +9% | 41 | 97.6% | — | 1.8 | 101 | $985 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53923 | Cambria | $495,000 | $435 | -26.1% | 53 | — | — | — | 28 | $705 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53925 | Columbus | $319,500 | $246 | +16.2% | 98 | — | — | 7.8 | — | $900 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53928 | Doylestown | $316,000 | $138 | +9% | 41 | 97.6% | — | 1.8 | 63 | $1,300 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53932 | Fall River | $325,000 | $168 | +1.6% | 22 | 100.1% | — | 1.6 | — | $1,174 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53935 | Friesland | $325,000 | $168 | +1.6% | 22 | 100.1% | — | 1.6 | 89 | $742 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53954 | Pardeeville | $380,000 | $246 | -2.7% | 46 | — | 16.1% | — | 20 | $988 | 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.
- Kalahari Resorts & Conventions - Wisconsin Dells4.425.2 mi
- Great Wolf Lodge | Wisconsin Dells4.125.7 mi
- Mt. Olympus - Water & Theme Park Resort3.527.5 mi
- Noah's Ark Waterpark4.427 mi
- Kalahari Resorts Indoor Waterpark - Wisconsin Dells4.425.4 mi
- Kalahari Resorts & Conventions - Wisconsin Dells4.425.2 mi
- Camp Randall Stadium4.723.6 mi
- Alliant Energy Center4.425.1 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens4.821.6 mi
- Kohl Center4.723.5 mi
- Marcus Palace Cinema4.516.4 mi
- Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area4.815.8 mi
- Flix Brewhouse Madison4.319.4 mi
- Warner Park4.619.3 mi
- Drumlin Ridge Winery4.715.4 mi
- Wisconsin State Capitol4.823 mi
- Overture Center for the Arts4.823.1 mi
- Garver Feed Mill4.621.4 mi
- Madison Children's Museum4.722.9 mi
- Wollersheim Winery & Distillery4.821 mi
- Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area4.815.8 mi
- Warner Park4.619.3 mi
- Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area4.914.5 mi
- Governor Nelson State Park4.519.4 mi
- Token Creek County Park4.615.2 mi
- Wingra Boats4.924.7 mi
- SkipperBud's417.9 mi
- Johnson's Boats & Motors4.827 mi
- Capitol Boat Club4.818.2 mi
- PinSocial Deforest412.4 mi
- Kestrel Ridge Golf Course4.416.3 mi
- The Meadows of Six Mile Creek4.315.8 mi
- Portage Golf Club4.210.1 mi
- Saddle Ridge Golf Course4.110.6 mi
- East Towne Mall3.819.4 mi
- Global Market and Food Hall4.619.1 mi
- Fleet Farm4.414.4 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.219.8 mi
- T.J. Maxx & HomeGoods4.416.4 mi
- Dane County Regional Airport4.518.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Retrieved from data.census.gov