Rents are 3% below what Menomonie's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,359 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Menomonie is 0.8% below its high of $1,370 in August 2026, at $1,359 as of September 2026.
Rent in Menomonie changed +1.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 42 Wisconsin cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +5.3%.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($56,889) is $1,422 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,200); a 2-bedroom is $1,460.
Eau Claire, 21 miles away, rents for 18% less ($1,119/mo), about $2,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Menomonie. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Menomonie, WI is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 38.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Menomonie, WI has changed in 5 years
The median rent in Menomonie, WI stood at $1,201 in 2023 and currently runs about $1,359, reflecting a 13.2% increase over the period. Median household income rose from $47,684 to $56,889 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.3% shift. On paper, paychecks moved up faster than rent, which softens the affordability squeeze versus the 2021 baseline. The population has contracted by 1.1% since 2021, moving from about 16,721 residents to roughly 16,539. Taken together, the five-year picture in Menomonie, WI reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Menomonie is $1,359/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,060/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,460/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,200/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,970/mo.
At 29% of local median household income ($56,889/yr), Menomonie ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.3% over the past year.
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