What Is My Home or Land Worth in the Fox Valley & Waushara County? (Winter 2026)

If you own a home in Appleton, Neenah, Menasha, or Oshkosh, or land around Wild Rose, Wautoma, Redgranite, Pine River, or Poy Sippi, "what's it worth?" is usually the first question of any move. A county median will not answer it. Here is the public data I can stand behind as of mid-November 2026, and a way to get a starting estimate for your own property.

I'm Alex LaRoux, CEO/Broker of Empower Real Estate Inc. in the Fox Valley, and I also run Wisconsin Dirt. This is general market information, not an appraisal.

The Fox Valley, through September

The official Wisconsin REALTORS Association county figures are still the September 2026 report, released October 22; an official October report had not been posted as of November 13.

Year to date through September, median sale prices were still up in all three Fox Valley metro counties:

• Outagamie County: $340,000, up 3.0% from the same stretch in 2025, on 1,687 sales (up 1.0%).
• Winnebago County: $295,000, up 3.5%, on 1,502 sales (up 0.3%).
• Calumet County: $387,000, up 4.6%, on 515 sales (up 12.0%).

September itself was more mixed: Outagamie's median was $350,000 (almost unchanged), Winnebago's $290,000 (down 3.3%), and Calumet's $380,000 (up 5.3%). Sales were slower than in September 2025 in all three counties. Inventory stayed tight in Outagamie and Winnebago, at 3.4 months — WRA treats six months as balanced, so both still leaned toward sellers — and 4.0 months in Calumet. Average days on market were 63, 60, and 79, respectively.

Waushara County is a different market

Waushara does not move in lockstep with the Fox Cities. Year to date through September, the county median sale price was $306,250, up 7.5% from $285,000 a year earlier. Closings were essentially even: 238 compared with 239. September itself was busier, with 40 homes sold versus 31 a year earlier, but those homes took longer. Average days on market rose from 67 to 85, and inventory stood at 5.4 months, up from 4.8.

Until WRA publishes October county numbers, two other public sources give a more recent read, using different methods. The REALTORS Association of Northeast Wisconsin October chart, from Realtors Property Resource, showed a Waushara median sold price of $205,000, down 33.06% from September's $299,900. Redfin's county page, covering the three months ending October, landed nearby, at a $209,296 median, down 25.2% from a year earlier.

A few closings can move a small-county median a long way. Typical estimated values have not followed that dip down. Zillow's Home Value Index as of October 31, 2026, put the typical Waushara County home at $269,351, up 6.1% from a year earlier. Town-level typical values on the same date were $283,704 in Wautoma (up 4.6%), $299,476 in Wild Rose (up 5.8%), $209,488 in Redgranite (up 4.4%), and $275,201 in Pine River (up 8.5%).

Land is its own question

Houses and vacant land do not price the same way. Automated estimates are built mainly for homes, and they often miss what actually moves a Waushara parcel: woods versus tillable, road frontage, wetlands, access, and how the property is used.

As of November 12, 2026, Zillow showed 53 land and lot listings in Waushara County (22 around Wautoma, 17 around Wild Rose, 13 around Redgranite, and 15 around Pine River). Redfin showed 44 the same day. A clean county-wide median list price for land only was not published. Visible asking prices on Redfin's county land search ranged from $13,200 for a 0.86-acre Redgranite lot to $1,319,999 for a 98-acre listing in the Berlin 54923 area that Redfin included in the county results.

If you are pricing land, use any online estimate as a conversation starter, then compare it with recent land sales and the listings already competing with you.

What winter changes, and what it doesn't

The market usually gets quieter after Thanksgiving. That is not the same thing as "now is the best time to sell."

Statewide, WRA said existing-home sales fell 2.4% in September, the median price rose 1.5% to $342,000, and rural counties averaged 6.1 months of supply. The average 30-year fixed rate was 6.86% in September, the highest since January 2025. Higher rates have cooled some buyer demand, and they also keep some owners from listing if they do not want to give up a lower rate.

For a Fox Valley or Waushara owner thinking about a move in 2027, that quieter stretch is a practical window: time to get a real number and decide whether to list now or wait for spring, without guessing from a headline.

Get a starting estimate, then a local review

The useful number is the one for your property. Enter your address (or the closest service address for a parcel) on Empower's free Lofty home-valuation page:

https://empowerrealestateinc.com/evaluation

That tool produces an automated estimate. It is a starting point, not an appraisal, and it is often less reliable on rural land and unusual properties than on a typical Fox Cities home. If you send me the report, or just call, I will follow it with a comparable-sales review against recent local sales and current listings. There is no obligation.

• Alex LaRoux, CEO/Broker, Empower Real Estate Inc.
• Call or text: 920-573-1478
• Office: 920-215-0817
• Email: Alex@empsales.com or support@empsales.com

Figures come from the public sources linked below, retrieved November 12, 2026 unless noted, and may be revised by the source.

Sources

• Wisconsin REALTORS Association, September 2026 Wisconsin Housing Report (PDF) and September 2026 Home Sales Report. Official October 2026 county report not listed on the WRA Home Sales Reports page as of November 13, 2026.
• REALTORS Association of Northeast Wisconsin, Waushara County Market Trends, September and October 2026 charts (Realtors Property Resource).
• Redfin housing-market pages for Waushara County (three months ending October 2026) and Waushara County land listings, November 12, 2026.
• Zillow Home Value Index pages, updated October 31, 2026: Waushara County, Wautoma, Wild Rose, Redgranite, and Pine River. Land and lot listing counts from Zillow search pages on November 12, 2026: county, Wautoma, Wild Rose, Redgranite, and Pine River.