Bruce, Wisconsin.
Typical home $211,704 (+7.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$687 (+162%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,218 +8%
- $196,487$211,704 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $61,775 +41%
- $149,929$211,704 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.
- Bruce$1,111
- 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 Bruce, WI rose 7.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bruce, Rusk County, Wisconsin
Bruce is a village of 781 people in Rusk County. Half its households earn more than $52,667 a year and half less, against $59,944 across Rusk County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Rusk County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 4.4% fewer 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bruce is a small village in Rusk County, Wisconsin, with a younger population than most places. Incomes run below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than one might expect. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are long and cold, with a good deal of snow, and summers are pleasantly warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Bruce are Zielies Tree Service, Dairy Farmers of America and the Bruce School District. Across Rusk County there were fewer jobs last year than the year before, and unemployment is a little higher than it was a year ago. Some residents work from home.
Things to do. Christie Mountain, a ski area, and the Rusk County Historical Society Museum are both a short drive away. Farther afield, Brunet Island State Park is a protected area along the Flambeau River, a longer drive away, and well suited to a day out. Snowy winters make the ski area an easy choice when the weather turns cold.
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- 338households
- 7%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rusk County had 4,396 jobs in 2025, 4.4% fewer than 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 81° and lows near 58°. About 49 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Weyerhaeuser 1N weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bruce
- Zielies Tree ServiceTree and brush trimming, overhead utility line369
- Dairy Farmers of America73
- Bruce School DistrictSchool district71FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 442 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 Rusk 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 Rusk County.
Bruce home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bruce$211,704
- 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.
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.
- Bruce13
Zip codes with a Bruce address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bruce — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.