Photo: Billertl · CC BY-SA 3.0Renting in Fifield: a two-bedroom costs about $970
Fifield is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
What stands out about housing in Fifield
Why Fifield isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
Next door, Worcester grades B− for cost of living.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $447, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Iron County, WI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Wisconsin norm
The median bill is $2,756 (Wisconsin: $3,792), 1.35% of a home’s value a year, against 1.42% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Fifield vs. its neighbors
Of the 2 towns here with a Zillow value, Fifield has the lowest. Worcester and Lake and Eisenstein have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifield | – | $212K | $205K | 1.35% | $970 |
| Eisenstein | – | — | $195K | 1.00% | $970 |
| Flambeau | – | — | $176K | 1.37% | $990 |
| Worcester | B− | — | $241K | 1.14% | $1,000 |
| Lake | B+ | — | $222K | 1.14% | $970 |
| Minocqua | C+ | $423K | $311K | 0.75% | $1,090 |
| Emery | – | — | $173K | 1.15% | $1,010 |
| Sherman | – | — | $298K | 1.04% | $990 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Fifield
How much is rent in Fifield?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $970 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $447 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Fifield?
The median bill is $2,756 a year, 1.35% of the median home value (Wisconsin: $3,792, 1.42%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Fifield have a cost of living grade?
Fifield is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Fifield buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.