Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
Typical home $235,119 (+8.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$698 (+130%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,585 +8%
- $217,534$235,119 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,449 +32%
- $177,670$235,119 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.
- Black River Falls$1,234
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Black River Falls, WI rose 8.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin
Black River Falls is a city of 3,523 people in Jackson County. Half its households earn more than $66,632 a year and half less, against $68,110 across Jackson County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Jackson County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then government.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Black River Falls is a small Wisconsin city, and its residents are somewhat older than the typical American. Most homes are lived in by their owners, incomes run a little below the county's, and a four-year degree is less common among adults here than across much of the country. Winters are long and cold, with a great deal of snow, while summers are warm, and precipitation is steady through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in shops, government, transport and warehousing, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in town are the Black River Falls School District, Walmart and Black River Memorial Hospital. Unemployment across Jackson County has edged up a little from a year earlier, and the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Black River State Forest is a protected area a short drive away, and Wazee Lake, also a short drive off, is a lake for time near the water. A longer drive brings you to the Buffalo River, a river that suits a day out of town.
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- 1,673households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 7,570 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 24° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 59°. About 41 inches of snow and 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Blair weather station, 19 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Black River Falls
- Black River Falls School DistrictSchool district265FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters264
- Black River Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital249FTE
- City of Black River FallsGovernment base facilities operation support services170
- D&S ManufacturingAngle irons, metal, manufacturing123
- Regal RexnordRotors manufacturing118
- Nelson GlobalExhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing82
- Synergy Senior CareSkilled nursing facilities68
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,050 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Jackson 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 Jackson County.
Black River Falls home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Black River Falls$235,119
- 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 4 Black River Falls 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.
- Black River Falls24.59%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Black River Falls43
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Black River Falls9
Zip codes with a Black River Falls address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Black River Falls — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.