Rothschild, Wisconsin.
Typical home $270,208 (+10.2% in a year). Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$825 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $25,120 +10%
- $245,088$270,208 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $87,670 +48%
- $182,538$270,208 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.
- Rothschild$1,418
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Rothschild, WI rose 10.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rothschild, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Rothschild is a village of 5,567 people in Marathon County. Half its households earn more than $88,261 a year and half less, against $77,884 across Marathon County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 75% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Marathon County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Rothschild is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, where most homes are lived in by their owners and household incomes run above the county's. Winters are long and cold, with a good deal of snow, and summers are warm. A short drive to work is usual here, and a fair number of residents work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and banks, insurance and property also common. Some of the largest workplaces in Rothschild are Domtar Paper Company, Wausau Tile and Borregaard USA. Across Marathon County, jobs slipped a little last year, while unemployment stays low.
Things to do. The Eau Claire River runs in or beside town, and Rib Mountain State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. In winter, Granite Peak Ski Area is also a short drive away, which suits the snowy months. For an indoor outing, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is a short drive away too.
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- 2,296households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marathon County had 69,778 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 23° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 64 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wausau Dwtn Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rothschild
- Domtar Paper Company0350
- Wausau TileOther concrete product manufacturing304
- Rothschild WI SDCMail and parcel delivery117
- Borregaard USAGum and wood chemicals manufacturing110
- Roundy'sSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores89
- Lee Beverage of Wisconsin, LLC-RothschildBeverages, alcoholic, merchant wholesalers70
- L&S Electric, Inc. SouthCommercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services62
- L&S Electric, Inc. PCS RothschildCommercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services49
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,175 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
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Marathon County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Marathon County and the Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
Rothschild home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rothschild$270,208
- 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.
- Rothschild12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rothschild6
Zip codes with a Rothschild address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rothschild — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.