Renting in Springbrook: a two-bedroom costs about $970
Springbrook is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
What kind of housing town is Springbrook?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Why Springbrook 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $1,050.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Washburn 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 $1,320 (Wisconsin: $3,792), 0.85% 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+”.
Springbrook vs. its neighbors
Of the 2 towns here with a Zillow value, Springbrook has the lowest. Bass Lake has no Zillow value, so it is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbrook | – | $267K | $155K | 0.85% | $970 |
| Crystal | – | — | $226K | 0.87% | $970 |
| Trego | – | $304K | $239K | 0.92% | $970 |
| Bass Lake | – | — | $230K | 0.86% | $1,030 |
“—” 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 Springbrook
How much is rent in Springbrook?
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 $1,050 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Springbrook?
The median bill is $1,320 a year, 0.85% of the median home value (Wisconsin: $3,792, 1.42%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Springbrook have a cost of living grade?
Springbrook is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Springbrook 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, September 2026. 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.