Zip lookup · WI

53901
Portage, Wisconsin.

Portage, Columbia County, WI · Madison, WI metro · population 14,291

What it costs per month · 53901 $1,532/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$878 (+134%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,328 +3%
$284,533$291,861 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $75,775 +35%
$216,087$291,861 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 53901 $1,532 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 53901$1,532
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 53901 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Columbia County, WI 99% · Marquette County, WI 1%

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

Typical home value $291,861 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year

Typical home value — 53901

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 53901 $291,861 Madison $445,747 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 53901$291,861
  • Madison$445,747
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.7 53954 Pardeeville 6,678 — $363,536
8.8 53930 Endeavor 1,192 — $265,565
9.6 53920 Briggsville 599 — $264,025
11.6 53955 Poynette 6,125 — $407,977
12.9 53913 Baraboo 21,704 $1,566 $315,713
13.6 53561 Merrimac 1,872 — $506,995
15.7 53960 Rio 3,396 — $350,016
15.7 53926 Dalton 1,951 — $295,403
15.9 53965 Wisconsin Dells 10,818 — $304,979
16.6 53555 Lodi 8,933 — $476,011
16.9 53952 Oxford 3,524 — $263,604
17.0 53911 Arlington 1,450 — $375,968
17.3 53949 Montello 6,292 — $264,138
17.5 53923 Cambria 2,295 — $294,375

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