Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
Typical home $346,229 (+6.0% in a year). Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$985 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,509 +6%
- $326,721$346,229 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,512 +25%
- $277,717$346,229 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.
- Ellsworth$1,817
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Ellsworth, WI rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin
Ellsworth is a village of 3,348 people in Pierce County. Half its households earn more than $87,857 a year and half less, against $92,109 across Pierce County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Pierce County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ellsworth is a village in Pierce County, Wisconsin, and the county seat. Household incomes run a little below the county's, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up over the year to a fair amount.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, shops, schools, hospitals and social care, and the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Ellsworth are the Ellsworth Community School District, the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery and Kaufhold's Kurds, both of which make cheese curds. A good number of residents work from home, and the typical commute is a moderate one.
Things to do. Wind River is a river a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to the Saint Croix River, a river, and Lake Pepin, a lake, and to Kinnickinnic State Park, a protected area with a river of the same name running through it. Crystal Cave, a tourist attraction, is also a longer drive from town.
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- 1,192households
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pierce County had 10,368 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 21° and lows near 2°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 57°. About 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ellsworth 1E weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ellsworth
- Ellsworth Community School DistrictSchool district232FTE
- Ellsworth Cooperative CreameryCurds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing168
- Kaufhold's KurdsCurds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing145
- Nil9VenturesGrocery stores58
- Ellsworth Health ServicesSkilled nursing facilities44
- CBD42 Comfort by DesignPlumbing, heating & ac contractor40
- Quality One WoodworkBathroom vanities, stock or custom wood, manufacturing35
- EllsworthMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 510 people in all. School districts come 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
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Pierce 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 Pierce County and the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro.
Ellsworth home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ellsworth$346,229
- 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 3 Ellsworth 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.
- Ellsworth32.37%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ellsworth27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ellsworth9
Zip codes with a Ellsworth address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ellsworth — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.