The numbers we watch as a local owner and operator — interest rates, residential values, commercial and economic fundamentals, and farmland — for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Every figure carries its source and the date it was published.
County sale activity plus longer-run Census housing characteristics. Two value measures appear because they answer different questions: Zillow's typical-home index is fresher; the Census median owner-occupied value is broader but lags. We own and manage residential rental properties in Fond du Lac.
County-level commercial sale prices aren't published on a regular cadence, so this section tracks the fundamentals that underwrite commercial demand — employment, the development pipeline, and the county's largest employers. See our available commercial space in Fond du Lac, including Harbor View Plaza.
Gold Shovel–certified, shovel-ready commercial/industrial sites anchor the county's development pipeline under Envision Greater Fond du Lac.
Read →The Rueping Lofts conversion (7 residential + 1 commercial) and a $1.7M Main Street rebuild signal continued mixed-use investment downtown.
Read →The former UW Oshkosh–Fond du Lac campus was repurposed into a revenue-generating county complex — offices, event space, and public-safety training.
Read →Three land-value series measure different things and won't match: USDA NASS surveys all farm real estate; UW–Extension tracks actual market sales; the county profile is from the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Each is labeled below.
Compeer Financial reports Fond du Lac County cropland values up ~12% in six months and roughly 50% since 2022, driven by tight inventory and dairy-expansion competition.
Read the report →Population and household characteristics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Dollar figures are 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, in 2024 dollars.
Recent, linkable coverage across all three segments. Curated and refreshed on review.
A 150-year-old downtown building converts into seven residential lofts plus commercial space.
Read the story →The county's lead economic-development org lays out a new five-year strategic plan.
Read the story →Overview of the pipeline, including the Gold Shovel Aeronautical Industrial Park.
Read the story →Fond du Lac cropland up ~12% in six months and ~50% since 2022.
Read the story →Public infrastructure investment supporting commercial-district revitalization.
Read the story →Adaptive reuse of a closed college campus into a revenue-generating county complex.
Read the story →Statewide ag land $7,238/acre (+9.6%); East Central WI, incl. Fond du Lac, $8,599/acre.
Read the story →Equalized values up 5.6% and a 0.50% cut in the equalized tax rate, with investment in streets, public safety, and parks.
Read the story →U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts & ACS 5-year — census.gov
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey — freddiemac.com/pmms
U.S. Treasury Daily Par Yield Curve — home.treasury.gov
Federal Reserve FOMC — federalreserve.gov
Redfin Data Center — redfin.com
Zillow Home Value Index — zillow.com
Wisconsin DWD / BLS LAUS — dwd.wisconsin.gov
USDA NASS Land Values & 2022 Census of Agriculture — nass.usda.gov
UW–Madison Division of Extension — extension.wisc.edu
Envision Greater Fond du Lac — envisiongreaterfdl.com
HUD FHA Mortgage Limits — entp.hud.gov
Wisconsin REALTORS® Association — wra.org
Where a county-level figure isn't published (commercial sale prices, county-level mortgage or months-of-supply), a statewide or nearest-geography figure is shown and labeled as context. Housing value is reported two ways — Zillow's typical-value index (recent) and the Census median owner-occupied value (broader, lagging) — because they measure different things. Unemployment compares a not-seasonally-adjusted county rate with the statewide figure; treat small gaps as approximate. Farmland values come from three distinct series (NASS survey, Extension market sales, Census of Agriculture) that are not directly comparable and are labeled individually.
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