Zip lookup · WI

53549
Jefferson, Wisconsin.

Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI · Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI metro · population 9,873

What it costs per month · 53549 $1,819/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,032 (+131%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $18,427 +6%
$328,058$346,485 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $83,206 +32%
$263,279$346,485 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 53549 $1,819 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 53549$1,819
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 53549 rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Jefferson, WI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $346,485 as of Sep 2026
+5.6%year on year

Typical home value — 53549

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 53549 $346,485 Watertown $369,348 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 53549$346,485
  • Watertown$369,348
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.5 53137 Helenville 1,650 — $465,709
6.6 53038 Johnson Creek 4,192 — $417,612
7.0 53538 Fort Atkinson 18,813 $1,339 $329,461
9.3 53551 Lake Mills 9,731 — $429,264
9.3 53178 Sullivan 2,497 — $435,330
11.0 53094 Watertown 17,998 $1,087 $322,325
11.7 53156 Palmyra 3,232 — $375,209
12.8 53190 Whitewater 20,499 $2,730 $363,567
12.9 53523 Cambridge 5,074 — $431,142
14.6 53118 Dousman 7,554 — $614,767
16.1 53036 Ixonia 3,730 — $479,149
16.4 53563 Milton 11,280 $1,872 $383,076
16.5 53119 Eagle 5,803 — $536,947
16.5 53594 Waterloo 5,199 — $360,335
16.8 53066 Oconomowoc 37,558 $1,891 $582,512
17.0 53531 Deerfield 4,430 $1,725 $432,160
18.2 53098 Watertown 11,353 — $335,196
18.7 53534 Edgerton 12,241 $1,282 $352,974
19.2 53153 North Prairie 2,548 — $511,514
19.4 53069 Okauchee 671 — $747,946
19.5 53559 Marshall 6,110 — $415,858
19.8 53018 Delafield 8,201 $2,200 $688,333

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.