Shawano, Wisconsin.
Typical home $260,046 (+8.2% in a year), asking rent $1,400 . Shawano, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$843 (+161%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,722 +8%
- $240,324$260,046 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $80,839 +45%
- $179,207$260,046 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.
- Shawano$1,365
- 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 Shawano, WI rose 8.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Shawano, Shawano County, Wisconsin
Shawano is a city of 9,243 people in Shawano County. Half its households earn more than $57,490 a year and half less, against $66,479 across Shawano County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Shawano County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Shawano is a small city in northeastern Wisconsin, the seat of Shawano County. Residents are somewhat older than in the typical American town, and incomes run below the county's overall, with a fair number of households living below the poverty line. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though fewer than across much of the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are long, cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Shawano are Walmart, Thedacare Medical Center - Shawano and Belmark. Unemployment in the county is low, though it has edged up from a year earlier, and the number of jobs across the county has held about level. Commutes are short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Shawano Lake is a lake a short drive away, and the Red River is a river that is also a short drive away, both good for time on the water. For a longer outing, the Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo and the Green Bay Botanical Garden are each a longer drive away.
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- 4,157households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shawano County had 12,341 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 6°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 58°. About 48 inches of snow and 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Shawano 2SSW weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Shawano
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters385
- Thedacare Medical Center - ShawanoCritical access hospital336FTE
- GenexSupport activities for animal production271
- BelmarkManufacture of labels230
- Charter AarrowcastFoundry casting molds manufacturing189
- Marion Body Works ShawanoBoxes, truck, assembled on purchased chassis126
- Wisconsin Film & BagFlexible packaging, plastics film, manufacturing109
- Woodport DoorsDoor units, prehung, wood and covered wood, manufacturing107
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 24 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,432 people in all. Hospitals come 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 high
- LightningRelatively moderate
- 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 Shawano 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 Shawano County and the Shawano, WI metro.
Shawano home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Shawano$260,046
- 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 6 Shawano listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Shawano16.77%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Shawano68
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Shawano20
Zip codes with a Shawano address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Shawano — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.