Photo: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0Even on the area’s higher pay, Ledgeview costs more to live in than 74% of U.S. towns
It ranks #286 of 362 in Wisconsin for affordability. Home prices around Ledgeview have risen about 63% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 77 new homes in 2025.
Census 2020–24 home values, rents, tax bills and cost burden, measured against the median household income of the Green Bay, WI metro area ($79K). How TownRatings grades cost of living
The grade measures what housing costs against what households in the area earn. Ledgeview’s area earns well above the typical U.S. town ($79K against $74K), but homes, rent and taxes here run higher still. Owners keep up better than renters: 15% of owners pay 30% or more of income for housing (typical U.S. town: 20%), against 33% of renters.
In dollars
- $1,260a month for a two-bedroom, utilities includedHUD Fair Market Rent, 2026
- 93prices across the Green Bay metro, where the U.S. is 100 (housing 75)BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
In paychecks the grade
- 5.6 yrsof area income buys the typical home; the typical U.S. town: 3.3$79K, Green Bay-area income
- 18%of area income goes to the median rent; the typical U.S. town: 18%Census 2020–24
- 33%of renters pay 30%+ of income for housing; across Wisconsin: 44%Census 2020–24
- 15%of owners do; the typical U.S. town: 20%Census 2020–24
Housing in Ledgeview, in brief
Mostly newer homes
Half of Ledgeview’s homes were built after 2003, against 1975 for Wisconsin as a whole. Property taxes ↓
Renting costs far less than owning
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month. Owning the typical Ledgeview home, with 20% down at the calculator’s rate, runs about $3,540 with tax and insurance: 3 times as much. Can I afford it? ↓
Building at about twice the Wisconsin pace
Builders were permitted 77 new homes in 2025: 8.3 per 1,000 residents, against 4.3 across Wisconsin. That’s 852 in the past 10 years. New homes ↓
Written from the data on this page. There’s no Zillow index for Ledgeview, so the typical value is an estimate: the Census median carried forward with the federal house price index; permits are Census figures through 2025; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Ledgeview’s grade
Measured against what households in the area earn, Ledgeview is more affordable than 26% of U.S. towns, #286 of 362 in Wisconsin. Property tax pulls the grade down most; the share of households paying 30%+ for housing holds it up.
Home prices up 63% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Ledgeview rose 63% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 7.9%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Ledgeview home at roughly $562,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $562K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Ledgeview, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 5.6 years of area income
The calculator starts from the area income the grade uses. Switch to Ledgeview’s own median, or type yours.
That’s $269K short of a typical Ledgeview home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $2,280 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ledgeview’s typical property tax (1.28% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260
Renters already here pay a median of $1,163.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Appleton, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
77 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 77 new homes in Ledgeview in 2025: 53 single-family houses and 24 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $37.3 million to build. That's 8.3 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Ledgeview has permitted 852 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Ledgeview gained 2,265 residents while 759 new homes were permitted: about 3 new residents per new home, more than across Wisconsin (1.3): growth outpaced building.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 47 | 47 | 0 | $34.5 million |
| 2025 | 77 | 53 | 24 | $37.3 million |
| 2024 | 61 | 59 | 2 | $33.7 million |
| 2023 | 70 | 51 | 19 | $32.7 million |
| 2022 | 89 | 58 | 31 | $33.8 million |
| 2021 | 149 | 51 | 98 | $28.5 million |
| 2020 | 124 | 67 | 57 | $30.2 million |
| 2019 | 82 | 68 | 14 | $28.4 million |
| 2018 | 94 | 73 | 21 | $27.2 million |
| 2017 | 56 | 52 | 4 | $19.4 million |
| 2016 | 50 | 48 | 2 | $18 million |
| 2015 | 61 | 43 | 18 | $14.8 million |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 | 0 | $15.4 million |
| 2013 | 71 | 39 | 32 | $15 million |
| 2012 | 68 | 52 | 16 | $22.9 million |
| 2011 | 145 | 41 | 104 | $19.9 million |
| 2010 | 91 | 51 | 40 | $14.7 million |
| 2009 | 35 | 35 | 0 | $10.2 million |
| 2008 | 72 | 51 | 21 | $16.5 million |
| 2007 | 89 | 89 | 0 | $19.7 million |
| 2006 | 104 | 82 | 22 | $23.8 million |
| 2005 | 150 | 122 | 28 | $33 million |
| 2004 | 226 | 148 | 78 | $39.8 million |
| 2003 | 296 | 31 | 265 | $21.6 million |
| 2002 | 153 | 69 | 84 | $22.5 million |
| 2001 | 169 | 65 | 104 | $18.5 million |
| 2000 | 86 | 35 | 51 | $10.8 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
High tax bills, but a low tax rate
The median bill is $5,628 (Wisconsin: $3,792), because homes cost more. As a share of value it’s 1.28% 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+”.
The rest of a budget near Ledgeview
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: the Green Bay, WI metro area, or Wisconsin. Groceries follow the goods price level; nobody publishes them town by town.
| Cost | Here | Compared with | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prices overall U.S. = 100 | 93 | WI 94 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Goods (groceries, clothing, cars…) U.S. = 100 | 94 | WI 94 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Utilities U.S. = 100 | 90 | WI 90 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Other services U.S. = 100 | 99 | WI 100 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities 2024 (metro area and state). Electricity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A.
Ledgeview vs. its neighbors
Zillow publishes no value for Ledgeview. Rockland and Glenmore have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledgeview | C | — | $441K | 1.28% | $1,260 |
| De Pere | B− | $409K | $281K | 1.48% | $1,250 |
| Bellevue | C+ | $399K | $299K | 1.14% | $1,260 |
| Glenmore | C+ | — | $309K | 1.07% | $1,180 |
| Rockland | C | — | $420K | 1.05% | $1,250 |
“—” 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 Ledgeview
Is Ledgeview expensive to live in?
Measured against what households in the area earn, Ledgeview costs more than 74% of U.S. towns: a C for cost of living, #286 of 362 in Wisconsin. The typical home costs 5.6 years of the median household income of the Green Bay, WI metro area ($79K).
How much is rent in Ledgeview?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,260 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $1,163 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Ledgeview?
The median bill is $5,628 a year, 1.28% of the median home value (Wisconsin: $3,792, 1.42%), from the Census 2020–24.
Neighbors talk housing
What Ledgeview buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.