Schofield, Wisconsin.
Typical home $228,850 (+5.3% in a year). Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$635 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,472 +5%
- $217,378$228,850 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $58,147 +34%
- $170,704$228,850 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.
- Schofield$1,201
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Schofield, WI rose 5.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Schofield, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Schofield is a city of 2,157 people in Marathon County. Half its households earn more than $65,583 a year and half less, against $77,884 across Marathon County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% 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 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Schofield is a small city in Marathon County, with a population on the younger side of middle age. Household incomes run below the county's, and more people rent than across the county as a whole, though most homes are still lived in by their owners. Winters are cold and snowy, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, followed by schools, hospitals and social care, and by restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Greenheck Fan, Merrill Steel and Gordon Aluminum are among the largest workplaces in Schofield. Commutes are fairly short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The Eau Claire River runs in or beside town. A short drive away are Rib Mountain State Park, a protected area, and Granite Peak Ski Area, which suits the long snowy winters. The Grand Theater and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum are also a short drive away.
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- 1,052households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 7%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, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Schofield
- Greenheck FanManufacturing of industrial hvac312
- Merrill SteelFabricated structural metal manufacturing276
- Greenheck FanManufacturing of industrial hvac257
- Gordon AluminumAluminum pipe made by extruding purchased aluminum173
- Jarp IndustriesCylinders, fluid power, manufacturing135
- Joseph T Ryerson and SonFabricated structural metal manufacturing120
- Greenheck FanManufacturing of industrial hvac53
- American Wood FibersMisc wood shavings mulching37
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,448 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.
Schofield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Schofield$228,850
- 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 9 Schofield 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Schofield18
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Schofield7
Zip codes with a Schofield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Schofield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.