Algoma, Wisconsin.
Typical home $272,031 (+8.9% in a year). Green Bay, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$852 (+148%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $22,135 +9%
- $249,896$272,031 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $82,770 +44%
- $189,261$272,031 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.
- Algoma$1,428
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Algoma, WI rose 8.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Algoma, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Algoma is a city of 3,243 people in Kewaunee County. Half its households earn more than $64,487 a year and half less, against $82,725 across Kewaunee County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Kewaunee County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Algoma is a small city in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, with an older population than many places and almost all homes lived in by their owners. Household incomes run well below the county's, and more residents live below the poverty line than is typical, so many households here manage on modest means. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in professional and business services, with a good number in transport, warehouses and utilities. Among the largest workplaces in Algoma are the Algoma School District, Algoma Health Opco, a skilled nursing facility, and von Stiehl Winery. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and most people commute a fairly short distance, with some working from home.
Things to do. The Ahnapee River and Krohns Lake are in or beside town, so water is close at hand for walking along the banks or spending time by the lake. West Alaska Lake is a short drive away, and Potawatomi State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive for a day out.
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- 1,329households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kewaunee County had 6,863 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 59°. About 53 inches of snow and 30 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Forestville-4e weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Algoma
- Algoma Health OpcoSkilled nursing facilities159
- Algoma School DistrictSchool district109FTE
- CTI HospitalityCustom architectural millwork and fixtures, manufacturing on a job shop basis49
- Precision MachineMachine shops47
- von Stiehl WineryWineries32
- Olson FabricationMachine bases, metal, manufacturing27
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 314 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Kewaunee County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kewaunee County and the Green Bay, WI metro.
Algoma home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Algoma$272,031
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Algoma listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Algoma15.98%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Algoma25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Algoma7
Zip codes with a Algoma address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Algoma — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.