Wrightstown, Wisconsin

Population

Growing. Up 30.7% since 2020.

4,169

people, the 172nd-largest of Wisconsin's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Wisconsin's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

93.0%

of 1,318 jobs located in Wrightstown are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 72% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,266

a month. Wisconsin's median is $1,087.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $615.

A $615 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Brown County.

• $895 Tract 216
• $1,510 Tract 202.04

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,291–$1,937

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,266 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

66% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 373 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 66% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 66% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–1.0% to the 1,249 homes here.

2–13

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 7% more than Wisconsin's.

$285,400

median home value in Wrightstown.

• $285,400 Wrightstown
• $266,500 Wisconsin
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year