Home values, rents and more in Portage County, WI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Portage County, WI compares
The typical home in Portage County, WI is worth about $320,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Portage County, WI are about the same as the typical value in the Stevens Point metro area ($320,000) and 13% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Portage County, WI rose 9.5%, compared with +9.5% in the Stevens Point metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,409 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Stevens Point metro area ($1,409) and 27% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents fell 0.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $76,070, against $76,070 in the Stevens Point metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 71,943 people live in Portage County, WI (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Portage County, WI has the 27th-highest typical home value of the 72 counties in Wisconsin with Zillow figures.
Part of: Stevens Point metro area · Wisconsin
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.