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Baraboo, WI Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Baraboo, WI Housing Market Trends

With 12,633 people, 5,727 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $253,116, Baraboo real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Baraboo, accounting for 56.57% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Baraboo include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.58%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.33%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 7.61%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Baraboo are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 63.60% owning and 36.40% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Baraboo built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Baraboo built before 1939 ( 29.08%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 19.98%). There's also some housing in Baraboo built between 1940-1969 ( 19.15%).

Baraboo Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Baraboo have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 86.06%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Baraboo house appreciation rate of 6.41%.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Baraboo that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Baraboo real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Baraboo appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 7.75%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 82.15% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Baraboo. Baraboo appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.60%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.82%.

Importantly, this makes Baraboo one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Baraboo's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Baraboo differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Baraboo - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Baraboo real estate investment or home purchase decisions.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$253,116

Baraboo, WI Home Prices
> $1,360,000
$1,020,001 - $1,360,000
$680,001 - $1,020,000
$544,001 - $680,000
$408,001 - $544,000
$272,001 - $408,000
$136,001 - $272,000
$68,001 - $136,000
$0 - $68,000
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2.5%
2.5%
5.6%
5.6%
10.8%
10.8%
30.2%
30.2%
38.6%
38.6%
5.4%
5.4%
6.5%
6.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for Wisconsin

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

5,727

Baraboo Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,376 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
63.6%
63.6%
36.4%
36.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
5.1%
5.1%
94.9%
94.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
20.0%
20.0%
31.8%
31.8%
19.2%
19.2%
29.1%
29.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
56.6%
56.6%
7.6%
7.6%
12.3%
12.3%
17.6%
17.6%
5.9%
5.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
3.2%
3.2%
12.1%
12.1%
26.9%
26.9%
41.8%
41.8%
13.0%
13.0%
2.9%
2.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes