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ZIP 54517 · Clam Lake, WI · 187 residents · September 2026

Clam Lake 54517: the market leans toward sellers.

Conditions tightening in sellers' favor. Typical home value $288K, +5.3% over 12 months.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning seller+35

In Mar 2026: +59

Typical value$288K+5.3% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,010/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings—No reading this month · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore59of 100

Higher than 86% of scored ZIPs

Affordability54
Growth73
Risk57
Momentum—
Livability43

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+59
  2. Apr 2026+43
  3. May 2026+43
  4. Jun 2026+31
  5. Jul 2026+28
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+35

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Accelerating: prices +5.3% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$287,659Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
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Prices

Typical home value since 2016, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+5.3%
3 years+13.3%
5 years+36.9%
10 years+96.2%
From peak0.0%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 54517 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $290,447 in July 2026; the latest value is −1.0% from that peak, 1 months on. Since January 2019 it is +81.4%. The sharpest 12-month move was +2.3%, ending July 2024.

Zillow's typical home value here, $288K in August 2026, is level with the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +5.3% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$137K
Middle tier$288K
Top tier$473K
Single-family$293K

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankWisconsin rank
1 year+5.3%+5.3%/yrTop 16% nationallyHigher than 53% in Wisconsin
3 years+13.3%+4.2%/yrTop 24% nationallyHigher than 31% in Wisconsin
5 years+36.9%+6.5%/yrTop 12% nationallyHigher than 74% in Wisconsin
10 years+96.2%+7.0%/yrHigher than 72% nationallyHigher than 51% in Wisconsin
Since 2016+105.3%+7.1%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Cycle position Pro
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$220K$240K$260K$300K$283K202420252026$220K$240K$260K$300K$283K202420252026
3 months$283K−1.6% · $276K–$292KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$2,35639% of the median household income here ($71,857)
Principal and interest$1,698
Property tax$386
Insurance$110
Mortgage insurance$162

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt, for a median earner here. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,319 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,010
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$2,356

Buying costs $1,346 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$71,857Census ACS
Price to income4.0×long-run average 2.9×
Property tax1.61%statutory, state
Insurance$1,319/yrtypical premium
Commute3 minmedian, one way
Walkability5 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively ModerateFEMA NRI · wildfire 62 · flood 70
Population change+20.2% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1984Census ACS
Owner-occupied100%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 4.0× the median household income here, against 4.3× in the median WI ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $71,857 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Moderatescore 68 of 100 · county median 82
Flood70 of 100county median 74
Wildfire62 of 100county median 62
Hurricane0 of 100county median 0

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 5 scored ZIPs in Sawyer County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income1%U.S. median ZIP 5%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

54

Growth

73

Risk

57

Momentum

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Livability

43
Walkability5 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density1 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

1 scored Wisconsin ZIP within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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