Antigo, Wisconsin.
Typical home $187,470 (+10.6% in a year), asking rent $1,203 . Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$570 (+138%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,996 +11%
- $169,474$187,470 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,883 +39%
- $134,588$187,470 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.
- Antigo$984
- 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 Antigo, WI rose 10.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Antigo is a city of 8,100 people in Langlade County. Half its households earn more than $45,520 a year and half less, against $55,878 across Langlade County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Langlade County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Antigo is a small city and the seat of Langlade County, with a population that skews older. Incomes run below the county's, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line, while most homes are lived in by their owners. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are long and cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, and summers are pleasantly warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, shops, schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Antigo are Aspirus Langlade Hospital, National Presto Industries and the Antigo Unified School District. Unemployment in Langlade County is a little higher than a year ago, and the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before. Most people have a fairly short drive to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. In town, the Antigo Opera House is a theatre for live performances. A longer drive away are Council Grounds State Park, a protected area, and Summit Lake, one of several lakes in the area. Kettlebowl, a ski area, suits the snowy winters.
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- 4,064households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Langlade County had 7,152 jobs in 2025, 2.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 21° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 57°. About 54 inches of snow and 29 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Antigo weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Antigo
- Aspirus Langlade HospitalCritical access hospital323FTE
- National Presto IndustriesCartridge cases for ammunition manufacturing247
- Antigo Unified School DistrictSchool district236FTE
- Menards"home centers"146
- Dover Precision ComponentsBearings, plain, manufacturing140
- Volm Companies, Inc (Antigo, WI)Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing139
- Sartori Antigo CreameryProcessed cheeses manufacturing107
- Roundy'sSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores85
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 20 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,028 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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 high
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Langlade County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Langlade County and the Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
Antigo home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Antigo$187,470
- 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 3 Antigo listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Antigo29.45%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Antigo46
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Antigo17
Zip codes with a Antigo address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Antigo — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.