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Beloit, WI Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Beloit, WI Housing Market Trends

With 36,449 people, 13,919 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $190,054, house prices in Beloit are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Beloit, accounting for 74.11% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Beloit include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.98%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.11%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.35%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Beloit are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.66% owning and 43.35% renting.

At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Beloit's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 44.24% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Beloit include homes built before 1939 ( 24.73%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 20.99%). There's also some housing in Beloit built between 2000 and later ( 10.04%).

Beloit Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Beloit have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 107.85%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Beloit house appreciation rate of 7.59%.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Beloit that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Beloit real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Beloit appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.02%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 86.65% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Beloit. Beloit appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.62%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 15.29%.

Importantly, NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive research found that Beloit's housing market shows one of the <a href="/blog/highest-appreciating-cities">top real estate appreciation rates in the U.S.A.</a> in the latest quarter, which may signal the city’s near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Beloit's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Beloit differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Beloit - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Beloit real estate investment or home purchase decisions.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$190,054

Beloit, WI Home Prices
> $1,411,000
$1,058,001 - $1,411,000
$705,001 - $1,058,000
$565,001 - $705,000
$423,001 - $565,000
$282,001 - $423,000
$141,001 - $282,000
$70,001 - $141,000
$0 - $70,000
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
1.4%
1.4%
3.0%
3.0%
13.3%
13.3%
46.4%
46.4%
29.6%
29.6%
5.4%
5.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Very Low

for Wisconsin

Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

13,919

Beloit Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,460 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
56.7%
56.7%
43.3%
43.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
6.0%
6.0%
94.0%
94.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
10.0%
10.0%
21.0%
21.0%
44.2%
44.2%
24.7%
24.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
74.1%
74.1%
2.3%
2.3%
10.1%
10.1%
13.0%
13.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
2.6%
2.6%
10.6%
10.6%
28.4%
28.4%
43.9%
43.9%
12.4%
12.4%
2.2%
2.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes