Hancock, Wisconsin.
Typical home $244,747 (+7.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$794 (+162%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,138 +8%
- $227,610$244,747 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,519 +39%
- $176,228$244,747 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.
- Hancock$1,285
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Hancock, WI rose 7.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hancock, Waushara County, Wisconsin
Hancock is a village of 393 people in Waushara County. Half its households earn more than $51,071 a year and half less, against $67,107 across Waushara County; 24% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Waushara County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hancock is a small village in Waushara County, home to far fewer people than most towns of any size. Household incomes here are below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than is typical. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a good number of residents work from home.
Work. Residents find work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades and in professional and business services. Across Waushara County, some of the largest workplaces are Wautoma Area School District, Walmart and Wisconsin Spice. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than a year ago, and the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Leola Marsh State Wildlife Area, a protected area, and Washburn Lake are each a short drive away, which makes them easy outings for walking, birdwatching or time by the water. Farther afield, Hartman Creek State Park is a longer drive away, as is Castle Rock Lake. Winters are cold, with plenty of snow, and summers are warm.
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- 6%of adults have a degree
- 24%below the poverty line
- 21%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Waushara County had 5,774 jobs in 2025, 2.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 59°. About 43 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hancock Experiment Farm weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Waushara County
- Actus Nutrition - WautomaPowders, baking, manufacturing398
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters208
- Wautoma Area School DistrictSchool district200FTE
- Wisconsin SpiceMustard, prepared, manufacturing92
- Tri-County Area School DistrictSchool district91FTE
- Roundy'sSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores89
- Thedacare MED CTR - Wild RoseCritical access hospital88FTE
- Wild Rose School DistrictSchool district87FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,101 people in all across the county; Hancock 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
- HailRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively 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 Waushara 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 Waushara County.
Hancock home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hancock$244,747
- 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 4 Hancock 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.
- Hancock25.26%
- United States25.56%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hancock18
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hancock5
Zip codes with a Hancock address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hancock — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.