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Danbury, Wisconsin.

Typical home $307,694 (+1.8% in a year). Duluth, MN-WI metro.

What it costs per month · Danbury $1,615/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$953 (+144%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,395 +2%
$302,298$307,694 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $68,977 +29%
$238,717$307,694 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Danbury $1,615 Wisconsin $1,770 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Danbury$1,615
  • Wisconsin$1,770
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in Danbury, WI rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Living in Danbury, Burnett County, Wisconsin

Danbury, in Burnett County, had 165 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Burnett County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Burnett County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 165 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Danbury for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.0% Burnett County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Danbury for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Danbury is a very small community in Burnett County, in northwest Wisconsin. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July. A typical home here is worth more than you might expect for such a small place, and household incomes across Burnett County sit a little below the Wisconsin norm.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also employing people who live here. Across Burnett County, some of the largest workplaces are Burnett Dairy Cooperative, Burnett Medical Center and the Grantsburg School District. The county has added jobs over the past year, though unemployment is a little higher than it was a year ago.

Things to do. The Yellow River and the Lower Tamarack River run in or beside town, which makes water close at hand. St. Croix State Forest is a short drive away, as is the Clam River. Those who don't mind a longer drive can reach St. Croix State Park, a protected area with more rivers and woods beyond.

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What people in Burnett County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Manufacturing17%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Burnett County had 5,212 jobs in 2025, 2.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 22° and 2°; warmest in July, 80° and 58° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 22° 2° F M A M J J 80° 58° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 22° and 2°; warmest in July, 80° and 58° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 22° 2° F M A M J J 80° 58° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 2°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 58°. About 53 inches of snow and 30 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Danbury weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Burnett County

  1. Burnett Dairy CooperativeCheese manufacturing271
  2. Fluid Connectors Grantsburg208
  3. Grantsburg School DistrictSchool district178FTE
  4. Burnett Medical CenterCritical access hospital112FTE
  5. Webster School DistrictSchool district100FTE
  6. Siren School DistrictSchool district82FTE
  7. Hopkins Sand & GravelReady-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing49
  8. R&J Enterprises WebsterGrocery stores48

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 823 people in all across the county; Danbury has none 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

  1. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  2. LightningRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Burnett 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 Burnett County and the Duluth, MN-WI metro.

Danbury home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Danbury $307,694 Wisconsin $337,196 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Danbury$307,694
  • Wisconsin$337,196
  • United States$366,157

Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Danbury listings — the market is cooling.

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.

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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.

10% 20% 30% 2024 2025 2026 Danbury 26.01% United States 26.90%
10% 20% 30% 2024 2025 2026
  • Danbury26.01%
  • United States26.90%

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

20 40 60 80 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Danbury 61
20 40 60 80 2018 2022 2026
  • Danbury61

New listings per month

Sellers arriving at the market.

5 10 15 2026 Danbury 10
5 10 15 2026
  • Danbury10

Zip codes with a Danbury address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Danbury — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zip codes in Danbury