Independence, Wisconsin.
Typical home $235,146 (+8.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$717 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,361 +8%
- $216,785$235,146 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $69,364 +42%
- $165,782$235,146 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.
- Independence$1,234
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Independence, WI rose 8.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Independence, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Independence is a city of 1,498 people in Trempealeau County. 45% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 55% are rented. Unemployment in Trempealeau County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Independence is a small city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, where most homes are rented or otherwise not lived in by their owners. Household incomes across the county are modest, and typical home values sit in a range that many homeowners would find familiar for a small Midwestern town. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and winters are cold and snowy, with a January that stays well below freezing and a summer that turns warm in July.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across Trempealeau County, some of the largest workplaces are Ashley Furniture in Arcadia, Pilgrim's Pride and Global Finishing Solutions. Unemployment across the county is low and close to where it stood a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before. Most people commute a short to moderate drive, and very few work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Perrot State Park and Great River Bluffs State Park are protected areas along the Mississippi River country, each a longer drive away. The Trempealeau River is also a longer drive from town for anyone who likes to spend time near water. For a rainy or cold day, the Minnesota Marine Art Museum is a museum, likewise a longer drive away.
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- 594households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 1%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Trempealeau County had 12,345 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 24° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 59°. About 41 inches of snow and 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Blair weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Trempealeau County
- Ashley Furniture - ArcadiaNight stands, wood, manufacturing2,402
- Pilgrim's PrideProcessed poultry manufacturing425
- Global Finishing SolutionsSheet metal work manufacturing414
- Ashley Distribution Services, Ltd. - WisconsinLong distance truckload317
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School DistrictSchool district208FTE
- Arcadia School DistrictSchool district203FTE
- Ornua Ingredients North AmericaProcessed cheeses manufacturing164
- Tri-county Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital138FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 31 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,882 people in all across the county; Independence has one 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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau County.
Independence home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Independence$235,146
- 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.
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.
- Independence7
Zip codes with a Independence address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Independence — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.