Cushing, Wisconsin.
Typical home $279,613 (+0.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$767 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $630 +0%
- $278,984$279,613 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $32,529 +13%
- $247,084$279,613 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.
- Cushing$1,468
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.
Typical home values in Cushing, WI rose 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cushing, Polk County, Wisconsin
The Census does not count Cushing 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Cushing is a small town in northwestern Wisconsin, within Polk County. Across Polk County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run in the middle range for the state. Winters are cold, with colder weather than most of the country, while summers are warm and the year is fairly wet, with a good deal of rain and melted snow.
Work. Across Polk County, many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, or in the building trades. Unemployment is a little higher than it was a year earlier, and the number of jobs fell over the last year. Most people drive to their work, and working from home is not the usual arrangement.
Things to do. Wild River State Park, a protected area a short drive away, is one of the best known places to visit nearby. The Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, also a protected area, lies a longer drive off and offers a wide river to explore. Wild Mountain, a ski area a short drive away, is a good choice when the winters bring snow.
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- 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 22° and lows near 0°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°. About 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wild River Sp 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.
Cushing home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cushing$279,613
- 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.
Zip codes with a Cushing address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cushing — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.