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The median home value in West Salem, WI is $383,146 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.76% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$383,146
Year-over-Year
+5.76%
Population
5,305
West Salem ranks #52 of 124 Wisconsin cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 9.0% above the state's city median of $351,517. It sits in La Crosse County, where the county-wide median is $339,561.
Median household income in West Salem is $97,019, so the typical home value is about 3.9× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
West Salem police recorded a violent crime rate of 113 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,131 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In West Salem, that value is $383,146. That's up 5.76% from a year earlier. It is about 9.0% above the typical Wisconsin city tracked here.
Homes in West Salem are more expensive than La Crosse County as a whole, where the median is $339,561 — a difference of about 12.8%.
Median household income here is $97,019, so the typical home value is about 3.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
West Salem police reported 113 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,305. 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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