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Home appreciation in Eau Claire, WI

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Eau Claire, WI grew an average of 9.6% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+5.3%

2025 over 2024. Wisconsin: +6.2%.

5-year, per year

+9.6%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Wisconsin: +9.9%.

10-year, per year

+7.6%

+107.1% in total since 2015. Wisconsin: +7.3%.

How does your home compare?

Eau Claire, WI home prices rose 107.1% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +88.6% to +126.8%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Eau Claire, WI compares with Wisconsin

Wisconsin averaged +9.9% a year, putting Eau Claire, WI behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, Eau Claire, WI ranks 151st out of 409 metros nationwide and 9th out of 13 in Wisconsin.

Index, 2005 = 100

Eau Claire, WI and Wisconsin, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearEau Claire, WIWisconsin
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2102102
2005 Q3104104
2005 Q4104105
2006 Q1105106
2006 Q2105105
2006 Q3104106
2006 Q4106107
2007 Q1106108
2007 Q2106108
2007 Q3107107
2007 Q4108107
2008 Q1108108
2008 Q2107106
2008 Q3106104
2008 Q4106104
2009 Q1107105
2009 Q2106103
2009 Q3104101
2009 Q4105101
2010 Q110399
2010 Q210399
2010 Q3105100
2010 Q410599
2011 Q110597
2011 Q210195
2011 Q310396
2011 Q410397
2012 Q110296
2012 Q210295
2012 Q310396
2012 Q410496
2013 Q110496
2013 Q210495
2013 Q310596
2013 Q410495
2014 Q110595
2014 Q210596
2014 Q310797
2014 Q410898
2015 Q110899
2015 Q2109100
2015 Q3110100
2015 Q4109101
2016 Q1111102
2016 Q2114103
2016 Q3115105
2016 Q4117105
2017 Q1118106
2017 Q2121109
2017 Q3123110
2017 Q4123110
2018 Q1126112
2018 Q2129115
2018 Q3131116
2018 Q4131117
2019 Q1133118
2019 Q2136120
2019 Q3138122
2019 Q4138122
2020 Q1140123
2020 Q2141124
2020 Q3144127
2020 Q4148129
2021 Q1149131
2021 Q2159138
2021 Q3169145
2021 Q4171148
2022 Q1175152
2022 Q2189163
2022 Q3193167
2022 Q4191166
2023 Q1192167
2023 Q2206176
2023 Q3213181
2023 Q4207181
2024 Q1212184
2024 Q2213190
2024 Q3217192
2024 Q4217193
2025 Q1220197
2025 Q2228201
2025 Q3228204
2025 Q4228204
2026 Q1231206
2026 Q2234213

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +7.6% a year over ten years, +107.1% in total.

Over this history, home prices never fell more than 3.8% from a prior peak.

The strongest year was 2022 at +15.3%, and the weakest was 2009 at -1.4%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +5.3%, against +6.2% for the state.

ZIP codes in Eau Claire, WI

Over the ten years to 2025, the 12 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +88.6% in 54720 to +126.8% in 54757, while the metro as a whole rose 107.1%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 54757+126.8%
  2. 54768+114.0%
  3. 54729+110.5%
  4. 54732+110.3%
  5. 54727+107.5%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 54720+88.6%
  2. 54722+94.4%
  3. 54724+97.8%
  4. 54701+99.6%
  5. 54703+102.6%
ZIP codes in Eau Claire, WI ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
54757+10.1%+12.4%+8.5%+126.8%
54768+11.4%+11.2%+7.9%+114.0%
54729+9.1%+10.1%+7.7%+110.5%
54732-0.2%+10.7%+7.7%+110.3%
54727+4.0%+9.7%+7.6%+107.5%
54738+12.8%+10.0%+7.5%+105.6%
54742+9.9%+10.6%+7.4%+103.6%
54703+4.3%+9.1%+7.3%+102.6%
54701+5.1%+8.8%+7.2%+99.6%
54724+8.2%+9.1%+7.1%+97.8%
54722+4.6%+10.7%+6.9%+94.4%
54720+0.3%+8.2%+6.6%+88.6%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Eau Claire, WI and Wisconsin, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006102.3+2.3%103.4
2007104.2+1.9%104.7
2008104.1-0.1%103.0
2009102.6-1.4%100.0
2010101.4-1.2%96.9
2011100.3-1.2%94.0
2012100.4+0.1%93.3
2013101.5+1.0%93.0
2014103.5+2.0%94.3
2015106.4+2.8%97.4
2016111.4+4.7%101.3
2017118.3+6.2%106.3
2018126.0+6.5%112.1
2019132.6+5.3%117.4
2020139.6+5.3%122.7
2021158.1+13.2%137.1
2022182.3+15.3%157.9
2023199.3+9.3%172.0
2024209.3+5.0%185.0
2025220.5+5.3%196.5

The 13 measured metros in Wisconsin

Measured metros in Wisconsin ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Green Bay, WI+6.6%+11.1%+7.9%
2Sheboygan, WI+7.3%+10.9%+8.0%
3Fond du Lac, WI+7.1%+10.8%+7.3%
4Oshkosh-Neenah, WI+6.8%+10.7%+7.7%
5Appleton, WI+5.6%+10.4%+7.6%
6Janesville-Beloit, WI+6.1%+10.4%+8.3%
7Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI+8.1%+9.8%+7.6%
8Wausau, WI+8.3%+9.8%+7.0%
9Eau Claire, WI+5.3%+9.6%+7.6%
10Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI+6.3%+9.4%+6.9%
11Madison, WI+5.0%+9.3%+7.0%
12Kenosha, WI+6.9%+9.2%+7.6%
13La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN+5.4%+9.0%+6.8%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Wisconsin row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2