Minong, Wisconsin.
Typical home $330,131 (+4.6% in a year). Duluth, MN-WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,072 (+162%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,426 +5%
- $315,705$330,131 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $87,128 +36%
- $243,002$330,131 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.
- Minong$1,733
- 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 Minong, WI rose 4.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Minong, Washburn County, Wisconsin
Minong is a village of 548 people in Washburn County. Half its households earn more than $31,875 a year and half less, against $63,441 across Washburn County. Unemployment in Washburn County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Minong is a small village in Washburn County, one of the smaller places in the county, where neighbors are likely to know one another. Household incomes run well below the county's, and homes are valued above what those incomes might suggest. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and winters are cold, with the coldest weather in January and mild, warm summers that peak in July.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, restaurants and lodging, shops, and in schools, hospitals and social care. Across Washburn County, some of the largest workplaces are the Spooner Area School District, Schmitz's Economart and Spooner Health System. The county has lost a few jobs over the past year, and unemployment is a little higher than it was a year earlier. Commutes are short, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. Red Lake and the Ounce River are both a short drive away, offering quiet water for fishing, paddling or simply sitting by the shore. A longer drive brings you to the Namekagon River, a river well suited to a day on the water. The Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum is also a longer drive away, for those who like to learn the story behind the paddling.
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- 329households
- 9%of adults have a degree
- 15 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washburn County had 5,459 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 2°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Minong Wsw weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washburn County
- Spooner Area School DistrictSchool district158FTE
- Schmitz's EconomartGrocery stores132
- Spooner Health SystemCritical access hospital110FTE
- Shell Lake School DistrictSchool district104FTE
- Spooner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, LLC / Dove Healthcare - SpoonerSkilled nursing facilities102
- R Stresau LaboratoryExplosives manufacturing77
- Forte Opening SolutionsHardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing76
- Shell Lake WoodcraftersNonupholstered, household-type, custom wood furniture, manufacturing70
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,068 people in all across the county; Minong 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
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Washburn 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 Washburn County and the Duluth, MN-WI metro.
Minong home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Minong$330,131
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Minong 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.
- Minong20.93%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Minong29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Minong5
Zip codes with a Minong address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Minong — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.