The story of this market
The typical home in Adams County, Wisconsin sells for about $224,133, or $156 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.1% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 35 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 138% since 2000. Last year 7 of 8 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,014 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,014 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.8%
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: 2022 (+21.5%). Worst: 2011 (-5%). 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
$1,269
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
+4.8%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 8 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
88
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $19,673,629.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
72.8%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1142 | 644 | 72.8% | 7.9% | $135,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Adams County, Wisconsin
Adams County is experiencing modest home value appreciation with a median sale price of approximately $224,133. The market is characterized by a relatively high owner-occupancy rate and a stable population base. Current conditions reflect a balanced environment for local real estate participants.
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: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 8.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 53 days on market with 3.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
4% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.61% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.0% · poverty 14.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 6 researched ZIP reports — 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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| 53910 | Adams | $285,000 | $135 | +2.4% | 68 | 97.5% | 12% | 7.2 | 144 | $760 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53920 | Briggsville | $245,000 | $142 | +3.2% | 68 | 98.2% | 12.5% | 3.5 | 14 | $975 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53934 | Friendship | $166,100 | $115 | +2.1% | 88 | 97.5% | 12% | 5.2 | 42 | $913 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53936 | Grand Marsh | $316,000 | $165 | +9% | 41 | 97.6% | — | 1.8 | 63 | $864 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53949 | Montello | $207,450 | $145 | +3.2% | 88 | 97.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 84 | $761 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53963 | Waupun | $301,000 | — | +83.5% | 20 | 99.2% | — | 1 | 2 | $950 | 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.
- Mt. Olympus - Water & Theme Park Resort3.528.2 mi
- Noah's Ark Waterpark4.428.8 mi
- Land of Natura4.627.9 mi
- Timbavati Wildlife Park4.327.5 mi
- Mt. Olympus - Indoor Water Park3.828.2 mi
- Mt. Olympus - Indoor Water Park3.828.2 mi
- Trappers Turn Golf Club4.626.7 mi
- Woodside Wisconsin Dells Center Dome3.925.3 mi
- Bluegreen Vacations Odyssey Dells Resort4.328.3 mi
- Lake Arrowhead - Pines Course4.612 mi
- Buckhorn State Park4.512.4 mi
- Roche-a-Cri State Park4.62.2 mi
- Juneau County Castle Rock Park4.613.5 mi
- Adams County Petenwell Park4.711.4 mi
- Dyracuse Park4.710.8 mi
- Top Secret (Attraction)3.527.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not4.227.1 mi
- Tommy Bartlett Exploratory4.529.3 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway4.726.2 mi
- Museum of Root Beer4.627.1 mi
- Buckhorn State Park4.512.4 mi
- Roche-a-Cri State Park4.62.2 mi
- Juneau County Castle Rock Park4.613.5 mi
- Adams County Petenwell Park4.711.4 mi
- Dyracuse Park4.710.8 mi
- Lure Bar & Grill3.912.4 mi
- Johnson's Boats & Motors4.826.5 mi
- Sand Valley4.811.5 mi
- Northern Bay Resort4.29.1 mi
- Lake Arrowhead - Pines Course4.612 mi
- Castle Rock Golf Course4.419.9 mi
- MoundView Golf Course4.64.5 mi
- The Adams Flea and Farmers Market4.15.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from Census Reporter and U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.