Nekoosa, Wisconsin.
Typical home $272,511 (+3.9% in a year). Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$866 (+154%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,183 +4%
- $262,328$272,511 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $81,021 +42%
- $191,489$272,511 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.
- Nekoosa$1,430
- 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 Nekoosa, WI rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Nekoosa, Adams County, Wisconsin
Nekoosa is a city of 2,449 people in Adams County. 64% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Adams County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Nekoosa is a small city in Adams County, Wisconsin, with a close-knit feel and a population that has stayed modest. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though incomes run a little below the county's and more people live below the poverty line than is typical. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow across the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in shops. Among the largest workplaces in Nekoosa are the Nekoosa School District and Nekoosa Coated Products, which makes gummed paper products from purchased paper. Jobs across Adams County have held about steady over the past year, while unemployment has risen somewhat. Commutes are fairly short, and some people work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Robinson Park is a park a short drive away, and Ross Lake in Wood County is a lake a short drive away. The Alexander House Center for Art & History, a museum, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, Castle Rock Lake is a lake a longer drive away, and Buckhorn State Park is a protected area farther out as well.
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- 1,058households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Adams County had 4,411 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 24° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 59°. About 31 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wisconsin Rapids Alexander Field weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Nekoosa
- Nekoosa0411
- Nekoosa School DistrictSchool district151FTE
- Nekoosa Coated ProductsGummed paper products made from purchased paper91
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 502 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Adams 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 Adams County and the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI metro.
Nekoosa home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Nekoosa$272,511
- 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 Nekoosa listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Nekoosa22.63%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Nekoosa70
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Nekoosa17
Zip codes with a Nekoosa address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Nekoosa — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.