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Median Home Price in Green Bay, WI: Current Sale and Listing Data

Recent data put the median Green Bay home value near $285,000 and the median sale price near $293,000. Sale and listing medians measure different things, so the source you use matters.

Housing Ledger Editorial

13 Oct 2026 • 5 min read

The two numbers are close, but they measure different things: Zillow estimates home values, while Resideline counts what actually sold.

Both figures are medians, so half of the homes sold for more and half for less. A median is the middle value, so one very expensive sale does not pull it up the way it would an average. For a buyer, this gives a realistic midpoint, not the price of any single house.

If you are making an offer, that gap suggests sellers may have room to negotiate below their asking price.

How do sale prices, home values and listing prices compare?

The four Green Bay medians measure different things, so they will not match. Read each figure against its measure and date before you compare them. For a closer look, read Cost of Living in Green Bay, WI: Housing, Taxes and Everyday Costs.

Has the median sale price gone up or down this year?

Green Bay's sale prices are higher than a year ago, but the latest monthly change in home values is very small. Compare each measure with its own earlier figure, not with a different measure.

Redfin reports a median sale price of $293K over the last 3 months, up 4.5% from the same period last year ^[1]. The median is the middle sale, so half of the recent sales went for more and half for less. For a buyer, that means recent sales have been running above last year's level. Because this covers three months of closed sales, it is less jumpy than a single month.

Zillow's figure works differently. It estimates what homes are worth rather than what they sold for, and it shows the home value rising 0.1% from the prior month as of August 2026 ^[2]. That is a very small move, so on its own it says little about direction.

Small monthly changes can reverse the next month, so one month's movement is a weak signal. Mixing measures makes the picture harder to read. Comparing Redfin's three-month sale median with Zillow's one-month value change combines two different things.

For Zillow, look at values across several months to see whether the trend holds. Using the same measure over the same period gives you a fair comparison.

House keys rest on a stack of closing paperwork and a pen on a wooden kitchen table beside a window.

Why do the median prices from different sites not match?

Median prices from different sites do not match because each site measures something different. Some report estimated home values, some report closed sales, and others report active listings. A figure only means something next to another figure that measures the same thing.

Closed sales and asking prices

Homes.com reports a median sale price of $290,000 for Green Bay, and a median of $299,900 for single-family homes alone ^[3]. Those are prices homes have sold for, so they are the closest match to what a buyer pays. The single-family median runs higher, so compare it with another single-family median, not with an all-home median. For the next step, see Median Home Price in Spokane Valley, WA: How It Compares in 2026.

A $425,000 figure from Housingwire is a median asking price for 767 active single-family listings in November 2025 ^[4]. It shows what sellers were asking at one point, not what homes sold for. Put next to a sale median, it would make prices look higher than they were, so it is not a fair comparison.

Estimated home values

U.S. News shows a median home value of $226,579 for Green Bay ^[5]. That is an estimated value, not a sale price, and it sits well below the other figures here. Before you use it, look for the date and method the site gives, because an old or estimated number can explain the gap on its own. Learn more in Green Bay WI Property Tax Rate: Find It and Estimate Your Bill.

When you see three different medians for the same city, that gap usually comes from the measure, not from one site being wrong. Pick one measure, such as closed sales, and use only figures from that measure for your comparison.

What do listing prices tell a buyer in Green Bay?

Realtor.com lists a median listing price of $339,900 for Green Bay homes for sale ^[6]. That is about $47,000 above Redfin's recent median sale price of $293K ^[1], so asking prices and final prices are not the same measure.

A median is the middle value. Half of the homes in a group are priced above it, and half below it.

Use sale medians to set a budget

The sale median shows what homes have actually sold for. Because it reflects closed deals after negotiation, it is the better guide when you set a realistic price range.

It does not tell you where a seller started.

Use listing medians to read the seller's starting point

The listing median shows what sellers are asking, not what buyers pay.

Comparing it against both numbers helps you judge whether the asking price is high or low for the area.

Using both figures together gives you a fuller picture than either one alone.

Why is a median home price different from an average?

The average and the median are two ways to describe the middle of a set of prices, and they can give very different answers. An average adds up every sale and divides by the number of sales, so a few very expensive homes can pull it upward. Dallaire Realty reports an average home price of about $331,700 in Green Bay as of September 2025 ^[7]. That single number can sound higher than what most buyers pay, because a handful of luxury sales lift the total.

A median works differently. It is the price of the middle sale when every sale is lined up from lowest to highest, so half the homes sold for more and half for less. Picture ten sales where nine are modest starter homes and one is a large estate. The estate raises the average noticeably, but the median stays close to the price of a typical starter home.

How to compare two figures

Start by matching the measure. Set an average beside another average, and a median beside another median, because they answer different questions. Mixing them makes a price look higher or lower than it really is.

Then match the source and the date.

Once the type, source and date all match, the difference between the two numbers tells you something real.

Which Green Bay median should you use?

The low end is Resideline's October 2026 median, and the high end is Redfin's $293K median for the last 3 months ^[8]^[1]. Both measure homes that have actually sold.

For asking prices, use the $339,900 median listing price on Realtor.com ^[6]. Asking prices sit above final sale prices, so keep this number separate from the sale range.

Before you compare figures across sites, check each page's date and whether it reports sales, listings or estimates. A figure that looks different may simply measure something else. Your next step is to pick one measure, such as the sale range if you want to know what buyers pay, and compare only figures from that measure.