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Cost of living in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin has about 106,253 people. Typical rent is $932 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $66,206 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #42 in Wisconsin on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $932 a month.

Green Bay is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $66,206 a year.

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People
106,253
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$932
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$66,206
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$207,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,287
Green Bay, WI HUD Metro FMR Area

Green Bay, Wisconsin has about 106,253 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $207,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Brown County is $1,287 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Green Bay. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Green Bay, WI metro area, prices sit at 93.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Green Bay's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Wisconsin home paid 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Green Bay's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Wisconsin in the table we use.

Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 214 have higher typical rent than Green Bay.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.