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Jefferson, 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

Jefferson, WI Housing Market Trends

With 7,649 people, 3,398 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $252,399, Jefferson 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 Jefferson, accounting for 70.11% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Jefferson include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.61%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.16%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.76%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Jefferson are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 64.44% owning and 35.56% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Jefferson 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 Jefferson built between 1940-1969 ( 25.99%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 22.15%). There's also some housing in Jefferson built between 2000 and later ( 15.68%).

Jefferson Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Jefferson have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 86.46%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Jefferson house appreciation rate of 6.43%.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Jefferson that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Jefferson real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Jefferson appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 7.75%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 82.80% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Jefferson. Jefferson appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.60%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.82%.

Importantly, this makes Jefferson 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 Jefferson's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$252,399

Jefferson, WI Home Prices
> $1,318,000
$988,001 - $1,318,000
$659,001 - $988,000
$527,001 - $659,000
$395,001 - $527,000
$264,001 - $395,000
$132,001 - $264,000
$66,001 - $132,000
$0 - $66,000
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
1.8%
1.8%
3.4%
3.4%
12.7%
12.7%
32.9%
32.9%
43.7%
43.7%
2.0%
2.0%
3.1%
3.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for Wisconsin

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

3,398

Jefferson Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,373 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
64.4%
64.4%
35.6%
35.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
3.3%
3.3%
96.7%
96.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
15.7%
15.7%
36.2%
36.2%
26.0%
26.0%
22.1%
22.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
70.1%
70.1%
3.8%
3.8%
10.2%
10.2%
13.6%
13.6%
2.4%
2.4%
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
1.2%
1.2%
10.8%
10.8%
26.6%
26.6%
43.3%
43.3%
14.1%
14.1%
4.0%
4.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Jefferson

Zip Codes in Jefferson, WI