Bowler, Wisconsin.
Typical home $268,593 (+18.4% in a year). Shawano, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$914 (+184%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $41,788 +18%
- $226,805$268,593 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $88,531 +49%
- $180,062$268,593 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.
- Bowler$1,410
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Bowler, WI rose 18.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bowler, Shawano County, Wisconsin
Bowler is a village of 320 people in Shawano County. Unemployment in Shawano County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Shawano County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bowler is a very small village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, with far fewer residents than most towns people think of when they picture a place to settle. Homes here are valued above what many might expect for a community this size, and household incomes across the county run below the national picture. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most of the country, and a modest share of people work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Shawano County, some of the largest workplaces are Walmart, ThedaCare Medical Center - Shawano and Belmark. Unemployment across the county has risen a little over the past year, and the number of jobs has held about steady.
Things to do. Bowler sits in lake and river country, and the outdoor places on the list are all a longer drive away. Dells of the Eau Claire County Park is a protected area with river scenery, the Little Wolf River is a river for time on the water, and Tree Lake is a lake for a quiet day out. Winters are cold, with the coldest weather in January, so Kettlebowl, a ski area, is another longer drive for those who enjoy the snow, while July is the warmest month and the easiest time to be by the water.
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- 8%of adults have a degree
- 9%work from home
What people in Shawano County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shawano County had 12,341 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 23° and lows near 5°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 56°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Stockbridge-munsee Rsvn weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Shawano County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters385
- Foodservice Shawano361
- Thedacare Medical Center - ShawanoCritical access hospital336FTE
- GenexSupport activities for animal production271
- Ho Chunk Gaming WittenbergCasinos257
- BelmarkManufacture of labels230
- Krueger International Bonduel PlantOffice furniture, modular system, installation194
- Nueske's Applewood Smoked MeatsBacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses191
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 40 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,002 people in all across the county; Bowler has one of its own. Hospitals come 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 high
- LightningRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Shawano 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 Shawano County and the Shawano, WI metro.
Bowler home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bowler$268,593
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bowler6
Zip codes with a Bowler address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bowler — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.