Weston, Wisconsin.
Typical home $311,780 (+7.5% in a year), asking rent $1,214 . Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$916 (+127%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,731 +7%
- $290,050$311,780 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $89,584 +40%
- $222,196$311,780 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.
- Weston$1,636
- 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 Weston, WI rose 7.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Weston, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Weston is a village of 15,723 people in Marathon County. Half its households earn more than $78,207 a year and half less, against $77,884 across Marathon County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Weston is a village in Marathon County where most households own their homes, and incomes sit a little above the county's. Residents are in their middle years on average, and a minority of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm days and the year is fairly wet.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, finance and property, and restaurants and hotels also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Weston are the D C Everest Area School District, Marshfield Medical Center Weston and Target. The typical trip to work is short, and a modest number of people work from home.
Things to do. Rib Mountain State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and Granite Peak Ski Area, also a short drive off, suits the long snowy winters. For indoor outings, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is a short drive away, as is the Grand Theater. The Eau Claire River, also close by, is there for time on the water.
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- 7,058households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 10%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 Weston
- D C Everest Area School DistrictSchool district771FTE
- Crystal Finishing Systems - SchofieldPainting metals and metal products for the trade610
- Marshfield Medical Center WestonGeneral hospital563FTE
- Wausau Supply CompanyRoofing materials merchant wholesalers291
- TargetDiscount department stores221
- Rennes Health & Rehab Center - WestonNursing care facilities185
- CTech ManufacturingFurniture, institutional, manufacturing149
- Roundy'sSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores146
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 34 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,576 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals 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 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.
Weston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Weston$311,780
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Weston 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.
- Weston16.69%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Weston50
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Weston19
Zip codes with a Weston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Weston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.