Cost of living in Shell Lake, Wisconsin
Simple answer
Typical rent is $450 a month.
Shell Lake is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $57,500 a year.
- People
- 1,459
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $450
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $57,500
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $229,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,014
- Washburn County, WI
Shell Lake, Wisconsin has about 1,459 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $229,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Washburn County is $1,014 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Shell Lake. 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 Shell Lake'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 Shell Lake'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, 369 have higher typical rent than Shell Lake.
Nearby places
- Spooner
Typical rent $763
Compare with Shell Lake - Cumberland
Typical rent $943
Compare with Shell Lake - Rice Lake
Typical rent $856
Compare with Shell Lake - Barron
Typical rent $946
Compare with Shell Lake - Cameron
Typical rent $982
Compare with Shell Lake - Frederic
Typical rent $766
Compare with Shell Lake - Hayward
Typical rent $829
Compare with Shell Lake - Luck
Typical rent $931
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.