Cable, Wisconsin.
Typical home $380,566 (+3.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,076 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,544 +3%
- $368,022$380,566 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $53,113 +16%
- $327,453$380,566 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.
- Cable$1,997
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.
Typical home values in Cable, WI rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Cable, in Bayfield County, had 177 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Bayfield County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bayfield County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Cable is a very small community in the north woods of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Homes here are valued well above what many people expect for a place this size. Winters are long and cold, with a great deal of snow, while summers are mild and pleasant.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in shops, and in manufacturing. Very few work from home. Across Bayfield County, some of the largest workplaces are the Bayfield School District, the National Park Service and Northern Lights, an assisted-living facility. The county has added jobs over the past year, and unemployment there has risen only slightly.
Things to do. Lake Namakagon is a lake a short drive away, and Lost Land Lake is another lake close by. Porcupine Lake Wilderness is a protected area a short drive away, and the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest is a longer drive away for those who want more time in the woods. With this much snow, winters suit people who enjoy being outdoors in the cold.
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- 2%work from home
What people in Bayfield County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bayfield County had 4,295 jobs in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 19° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 56°. About 74 inches of snow and 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Drummond weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bayfield County
- Northern ClearingExcavation contractors275
- Northern LightsAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities151
- Bayfield School DistrictSchool district117FTE
- Washburn School DistrictSchool district89FTE
- Drummond Area School DistrictSchool district53FTE
- National Park ServiceFederal government · Department of the Interior49
- Hansen's IGA - WashburnSupermarkets42
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture37
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 571 people in all across the county; Cable has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Bayfield 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 Bayfield County.
Cable home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cable$380,566
- 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 Cable 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.
- Cable16.08%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cable29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Cable7
Zip codes with a Cable address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cable — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.