Cambria, Wisconsin.
Typical home $288,117 (+10.3% in a year). Madison, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$924 (+157%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $26,820 +10%
- $261,296$288,117 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $95,609 +50%
- $192,507$288,117 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.
- Cambria$1,512
- 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 Cambria, WI rose 10.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cambria, Columbia County, Wisconsin
Cambria is a village of 777 people in Columbia County. Half its households earn more than $69,323 a year and half less, against $85,351 across Columbia County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Columbia County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Cambria is a small village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, with a close-knit feel and a population that is very small. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run below the county's, with a typical home value that sits in the middle range. Residents tend to be somewhat older than the national average, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm summer days and a fair amount of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in shops. Across Columbia County, some of the largest workplaces are Walmart, Divine Savior Hospital and the Portage Community School District. Unemployment in the county is low, though the county has lost a few jobs over the past year, and the typical commute is a moderate one, with very few people working from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Paradise Marsh Wildlife Area is a protected area a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Horicon Marsh and Green Lake, both lakes, and to the Baraboo River for time by the water. Most of what is close by is wetland, lake and river country, suited to quiet days outside.
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- 327households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Columbia County had 21,764 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 9°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 60°. About 46 inches of snow and 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dalton weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Columbia County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters367
- Research Products Corporation - Aprilaire - Poynette PlantAir purification equipment, stationary, manufacturing316
- American Packaging Corporation - ColumbusPrint shops, gravure309
- Portage Community School DistrictSchool district304FTE
- Divine Savior HospitalGeneral hospital280FTE
- Prairie Ridge HealthCritical access hospital274FTE
- Saint-GobainRubber goods, mechanical, manufacturing268
- Associated Milk ProducersCheese manufacturing255
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 72 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,677 people in all across the county; Cambria has one of its own. 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
- HailVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively 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 Columbia County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Columbia County and the Madison, WI metro.
Cambria home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cambria$288,117
- 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.
- Cambria9
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Cambria4
Zip codes with a Cambria address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cambria — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Cambria
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53960 | Rio | 3,396 | — | $350,016 |
| 53923 | Cambria | 2,295 | — | $294,375 |