The median home value in Wausau, WI is $251,133 as of 2026-06-30, up 8.35% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$251,133
Year-over-Year
+8.35%
Population
39,949
Wausau ranks #111 of 124 Wisconsin cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 28.1% below the state's city median of $349,344. It sits in Marathon County, where the county-wide median is $279,054.
Wausau police recorded a violent crime rate of 295 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,009 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Wausau is $251,133. That's up 8.35% from a year earlier. That is about 28.1% below the typical county in Wisconsin.
Homes in Wausau are cheaper than Marathon County as a whole, where the median is $279,054 — a difference of about 10.0%.
Wausau police reported 295 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 39,949. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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