Comstock, Wisconsin.
Typical home $373,294 (+3.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,113 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,249 +4%
- $360,045$373,294 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $69,429 +23%
- $303,865$373,294 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.
- Comstock$1,959
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Comstock, WI rose 3.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Comstock, Polk County, Wisconsin
The Census does not count Comstock on its own, so the figures here are Polk County's. Half the county's households earn more than $77,219 a year and half less; 8% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 81% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Polk County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Polk County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Comstock sits in Polk County in northwestern Wisconsin, where winters are long and cold and summers are mild and warm. Snowfall is heavy, and rain and melted snow arrive throughout the year. Across Polk County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes are a little lower than the state's. Most adults do not hold a four-year degree.
Work. Residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across the county, work from home is uncommon, and most people travel to a workplace each day. Jobs have dipped over the past year, though unemployment remains fairly low.
Things to do. White Ash Lake is a lake a short drive away, and Straight Lake State Park is a protected area a longer drive away. The Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, another protected area, is also a longer drive away. In summer, these are popular places for people to spend a day outdoors.
Report a mistake
- 19,542households
- 46.7median age
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Polk County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Polk County had 15,663 jobs in 2025, 3.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 19° and lows near 0°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 59°. About 56 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cumberland weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Polk County
- St Croix Regional Medical CenterCritical access hospital444FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters405
- SMCAwnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing241
- Osceola School DistrictSchool district234FTE
- Amery School DistrictSchool district228FTE
- Amery Regional Medical CenterCritical access hospital227FTE
- Cardinal LG0215
- Mathy Construction CompanyAsphalt paving188
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 58 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,691 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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 high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Polk 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 Polk County.
Comstock home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Comstock$373,294
- 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Comstock address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Comstock — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.