Cost of living in Marshfield, Wisconsin
Marshfield, Wisconsin has about 18,700 people. Typical rent is $842 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $58,407 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 #59 in Wisconsin on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $842 a month.
Marshfield is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,407 a year.
- People
- 18,700
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $842
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $58,407
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $177,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,014
- Wood County, WI
- Gas
- $4.237
- Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026
Marshfield, Wisconsin has about 18,700 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $177,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Wood County is $1,014 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Marshfield. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Wisconsin's prices sit at 94.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Marshfield'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 Marshfield's bill.
EIA does not publish a Wisconsin gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Wisconsin shares this price.
Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 281 have higher typical rent than Marshfield.
Nearby places
- Spencer
Typical rent $580
Compare with Marshfield - Stratford
Typical rent $783
Compare with Marshfield - Loyal
Typical rent $857
Compare with Marshfield - Colby
Typical rent $854
Compare with Marshfield - Abbotsford
Typical rent $888
Compare with Marshfield - Edgar
Typical rent $813
Compare with Marshfield - Neillsville
Typical rent $729
Compare with Marshfield - Greenwood
Typical rent $694
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Wisconsin
Bigger places in Wisconsin
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.