Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
Typical home $265,565 (+8.3% in a year), asking rent $1,164 .
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $20,303 +8%
- $245,262$265,565 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,646 +25%
- $212,919$265,565 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.
- Rhinelander$1,394
- 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 Rhinelander, WI rose 8.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin
Rhinelander is a city of 8,285 people in Oneida County. Half its households earn more than $51,421 a year and half less, against $69,371 across Oneida County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Oneida County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Rhinelander is a small city with winters that are colder than in most of the country and summers that stay mild, with a good deal of snow and rain through the year. Residents are younger than you might expect for a northern town, and most homes are lived in by their owners, though there are more renters than across the county. Household incomes run below the county's, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in shops, in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, and in restaurants and hotels. Ahlstrom Coated Products, Walmart and Printpack are among the largest workplaces in the city. Commutes are short, and across Oneida County unemployment is low and the number of jobs grew over the past year.
Things to do. The Pelican River runs in or beside town, and Tom Doyle Lake is a short drive away for time on the water. Pioneer Park Historical Complex, also a short drive off, is a protected area with local history. For a longer outing, the Wolf River is a longer drive away.
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- 3,573households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oneida County had 17,262 jobs in 2025, 3.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 23° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 54°. About 30 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rhinelander Oneida Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rhinelander
- Ahlstrom Coated ProductsGroundwood paper, coated, made from purchased paper428
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters406
- PrintpackFilm, plastics, packaging, manufacturing215
- Menards"home centers"195
- Young Men's Christian Association of the NorthwoodsPhysical fitness facilities147
- Friendly VillageGroup homes for the disabled with nursing care105
- J.F. Leman & CompanyNaval ship building103
- Ponsse North AmericaIndustrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers100
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 26 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,566 people in all. 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Oneida 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 Oneida County.
Rhinelander home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rhinelander$265,565
- 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 Rhinelander listings, and the typical home goes pending in 14 days — 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.
- Rhinelander31.84%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Rhinelander14
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rhinelander76
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rhinelander27
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Rhinelander$242,524
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Rhinelander address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rhinelander — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.