Buying a Home in Whitewater: City Homes, Whitewater Lake and Country Property

Q: Does the age of a Whitewater home affect price?

Yes, but the ladder stops. Houses built before 1900 ran a 260,000 dollars median, 1900 to 1949 ran 265,000, dollars 1950 to 1979 ran 315,000 dollars and 1980 to 1999 ran 420,000 dollars. Houses built in 2000 or later came in below that at 396,900 dollars. About 30 percent of off-water sales were in houses built before 1950.

Q: Is vacant land a good buy near Whitewater?

Land sold at a 200,000 dollars median across 32 sales and took a median of 104 days, the slowest segment. It also sold at 80.2 percent of its original asking price, the lowest here. Twenty-six parcels were listed at the data pull, and much of that is commercial or industrial rather than residential, including parcels on Universal Boulevard, Enterprise Boulevard and N Prospect Drive in the business park.

Q: Are there condominiums in Whitewater, WI?

Yes. 24 sold and 4 were listed at the data pull, at a 279,000 dollars median off the water. Every one sold was built between 1996 and 2012, so there is no older condominium stock. Recurring addresses include Bloomingfield Drive, S Wisconsin Street, Waters Edge Drive, S Rice Street, E Clay Street and Chapel Drive.

by Kim & Joel Reyenga

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Quick answer: The Whitewater area recorded 265 closed sales between January 7, 2025 and September 15, 2026. Homes off the water sold at a $349,601 median across 181 sales. Lakefront sold 22 times, from $360,000 to $3,250,000. Condominiums sold at $279,000. Vacant land sold at $200,000, and 26 parcels were still listed.

This guide covers the City and Town of Whitewater, the Town of Richmond and the Town of La Grange north of Highway 12. For the community picture, see living in Whitewater.

What you can buy

Type	Sold	Median	Active now
Home off the water	181	$349,601	29
Lakefront home	22	see the sale list below	3
Lake access home	6	$385,000	1
Condominium, off water	23	$279,000	3
Condominium, lake access	1	1 sale, no median	1
Vacant land	32	$200,000	26

Sold figures cover January 7, 2025 through September 15, 2026. Active counts are as of that date.

Commercial and multi-family listings are excluded from every figure here.

Two markets, ten minutes apart

The city is the affordable end. Homes off the water sold at a $349,601 median and took 20 days.

The lakes are the other end. The 22 lakefront sales ran from $360,000 to $3,250,000. They took 11 days to sell, faster than anything else in this market.

A buyer can shop both on the same afternoon. Our latest market update covers conditions across the wider region.

Where the lakefront is

Three lakes carry the lakefront market. All 3 sit in our companion site's guide to the 26 lakes.

Lake	Lakefront sales	Active
Whitewater Lake	17	2
Rice Lake	3	1
Lake Lorraine	2	0

The lakefront market runs on 4 streets.

Oakwood Road in the Town of Richmond, 6 sales
E Lakeshore Drive, 4 sales
Kettle Moraine Drive on Rice Lake, 3 sales
Lake Drive on Lake Lorraine, 2 sales

Ridge Road, Krahn Drive, State Park Road and Chapel Drive account for the rest. How lake and trail access affect value is covered in our guide to amenity impact.

Oakwood Road is the single most active address in this market. Six homes sold there between June 2025 and July 2026, from $650,000 to $1,440,000, on 76 to 135 feet of frontage.

Rice Lake is unusually consistent. All 3 sales sit on Kettle Moraine Drive on 75 or 76 feet of frontage, at $700,000, $745,000 and $1,000,000.

Cravath Lake and Trippe Lake sit inside the city. They are not covered as market segments in this series.

Lakefront, sale by sale

We list these rather than publishing a median. Frontage ran from 75 to 209 feet, and prices ran from $360,000 to $3,250,000.

Sold	Lake	Address	Price	Frontage
6/6/2025	Whitewater	N7525 E Lakeshore Dr	$840,000	76 ft
6/13/2025	Lorraine	N6779 Lake Dr	$489,000	209 ft
6/20/2025	Whitewater	N7049 Oakwood Rd	$650,000	76 ft
6/24/2025	Whitewater	N7411 Ridge Rd	$2,465,000	82 ft
7/31/2025	Whitewater	N7294 Krahn Dr	$2,344,800	89 ft
8/29/2025	Whitewater	N7011 Oakwood Rd	$1,217,000	81 ft
9/5/2025	Whitewater	N7646 State Park Rd	$1,050,000	200 ft
9/17/2025	Lorraine	N6819 Lake Dr	$360,000	120 ft
9/19/2025	Whitewater	N7641 Ridge Rd	$1,400,617	120 ft
10/1/2025	Whitewater	N7817 E Lakeshore Dr	$900,000	90 ft
10/1/2025	Whitewater	N7015 Oakwood Rd	$963,300	80 ft
11/17/2025	Rice	N7788 Kettle Moraine Dr	$745,000	75 ft
12/5/2025	Whitewater	N7501 E Lakeshore Dr	$1,267,500	102 ft
12/18/2025	Whitewater	N7935 County Road P	$3,250,000	102 ft
3/19/2026	Whitewater	N7045 Oakwood Rd	$1,440,000	76 ft
4/24/2026	Whitewater	N7374 Chapel Dr	$988,000	115 ft
6/10/2026	Whitewater	N6997 Oakwood Rd	$790,000	77 ft
7/17/2026	Whitewater	N7612 N State Park Rd	$870,000	79 ft
7/23/2026	Rice	N7816 Kettle Moraine Dr	$1,000,000	75 ft
7/24/2026	Rice	N7866 Kettle Moraine Dr	$700,000	76 ft
7/28/2026	Whitewater	N6993 Oakwood Rd	$1,162,000	135 ft
8/10/2026	Whitewater	N7745 E Lakeshore Dr	$1,100,000	77 ft

Frontage width does not set the price. The 209-foot parcel on Lake Lorraine sold for $489,000. The 82-foot parcel on Whitewater Lake sold for $2,465,000.

Which lake matters more than how wide the lot is. All 6 sales above $1,200,000 were on Whitewater Lake. Rice Lake topped at $1,000,000 and Lake Lorraine at $489,000.

Three lakefront homes were listed at the data pull: Whitewater Lake at $1,399,700 and $2,850,000, and Rice Lake at $840,000.

The lakefront study reports all 26 lakes on the same basis.

The age of the house

Build year moves price here, but not in a straight line.

Built	Sold	Median
Before 1900	17	$260,000
1900 to 1949	37	$265,000
1950 to 1979	37	$315,000
1980 to 1999	29	$420,000
2000 or later	57	$396,900

The ladder climbs and then stops. Houses built from 1980 to 1999 carried the highest median at $420,000. Houses built in 2000 or later came in below that, at $396,900.

Whitewater has a large stock of pre-1950 housing. 54 sales, about 30 percent of the off-water market, were in houses built before 1950. Those ran a $260,000 to $265,000 median.

That older stock sits mostly in the city near campus and downtown. Our companion site's Whitewater community guide covers the downtown scene.

Acreage

Acreage	Sold	Median
Under 1 acre	181	$350,500
1 to 2 acres	9	$392,000
2 to 5 acres	13	$400,000
5 to 10 acres	5	$571,000

This is mostly a small-lot market. 181 of the 209 single family sales sat on less than an acre.

Acreage exists but it is thin. Only 27 sales carried more than an acre, and only 6 carried more than 5. Most of that sits in the Towns of Richmond and La Grange. The Town and Country study reports the wider region on one basis.

Township property runs on private well and septic. Records are required. Our guide to preparing a second home covers the file a lender asks for.

Condominiums

24 condominiums sold and 4 were listed at the data pull.

Every one of them was built between 1996 and 2012. There is no older condominium stock in this market.

Recurring addresses:

Bloomingfield Drive, 4 sales from $269,000 to $279,000
S Wisconsin Street, 4 sales from $379,000 to $385,000
Waters Edge Drive, 3 sales from $370,000 to $390,000
S Rice Street, 3 sales from $255,000 to $285,000
E Clay Street, 2 sales at $200,000 and $214,000
Chapel Drive, 2 sales at $444,000 and $445,000, the highest in the group

Fee amounts are not published here. They change by building and by year.

Our condominium study covers how the condominium types price across the region.

The subdivision name to watch

Park Crest recorded the most sales of any single subdivision, at 13.

The Residences of Meadowview is the one that hides. It appears in the MLS under 3 spellings: Residences of Meadowview, Residences at Meadowview, and The Residences of Meadowv. Normalized, that is 12 sales, which makes it the second largest.

A saved search on one spelling returns a fraction of the activity.

Westpark shows the same problem in miniature, appearing as both Westpark and WESTPARK ADD. CITY OF WHITEWATER.

Other named subdivisions with sales include Grand View, Waters Edge, Waters Edge South, Glacial Forest, Blue Heron Hills and Moraine Heights.

Vacant land

32 parcels sold and 26 were listed at the data pull. Land sold at a $200,000 median and took a median of 104 days.

Land also sold at 80.2 percent of its original asking price, the lowest of any segment here.

Much of the standing inventory is commercial or industrial rather than residential. Active listings include parcels on Universal Boulevard, Enterprise Boulevard and N Prospect Drive, which sit in the city's business park, plus a 68.9-acre parcel on Highway 59.

A buyer shopping a homesite should separate those from the residential lots.

Building here means confirming well and septic first on township property, and confirming utility connections in the city. Acreage carries a different property tax picture than a city lot.

The university and what it means for a buyer

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater enrolls more than 12,000 students in a city of about 15,000.

That affects a buyer in two ways.

First, location within the city matters more than it would elsewhere. A house near campus sits in a different demand pattern than a house on the edge of town. Ask which one you are looking at.

Second, the calendar runs September to May. Rental demand follows the academic year. Summer is quiet.

The city and the university both publish rental licensing and occupancy rules. A buyer considering a rental should read those before writing an offer, not after.

What to confirm before writing an offer

Which government. City of Whitewater, Town of Whitewater, Town of Richmond or Town of La Grange. Check the tax bill.
Which county. The city spans Walworth and Jefferson. The tax bill says which.
Well and septic records on township property, including the last inspection and pumping.
Which lake, and what the frontage measurement is based on. MLS frontage is agent-entered rather than surveyed.
Rental rules if you are buying to rent, from both the city and the university.
Zoning on any land purchase, since the business park parcels are not homesites.
Association documents where they apply.

Thin sale counts on all 3 lakes affect which comparable sales an appraiser can use. See appraisal gaps.

Reaching the water without buying frontage

Whitewater Lake has a state swimming beach, a public boat launch, fishing piers and a campground inside the Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit. A state park sticker is required.

Rice Lake and Lake Lorraine both have public boat landings. How lake ownership types differ is set out in our lake association study.

A buyer at the $349,601 off-water median reaches all 3 without a shoreline assessment, a seawall or a pier permit.

Our companion site covers the best beaches around Lake Geneva, the fishing guide and the Whitewater community guide.

For values, speed and what to gather before listing, see selling a home in Whitewater.

Frequently asked questions

What does a home cost in Whitewater, WI?

Between January 7, 2025 and September 15, 2026, homes off the water sold at a $349,601 median across 181 sales. Condominiums sold at $279,000 across 23 sales and vacant land at $200,000 across 32. Lakefront sold 22 times, from $360,000 to $3,250,000.

How much is lakefront on Whitewater Lake?

Seventeen of the 22 lakefront sales were on Whitewater Lake, from $650,000 to $3,250,000 on 76 to 200 feet of frontage. Rice Lake recorded 3 sales at $700,000, $745,000 and $1,000,000. Lake Lorraine recorded 2, at $360,000 and $489,000. We publish individual sales rather than a median, because width does not set the price. A 209-foot parcel on Lake Lorraine sold for $489,000 and an 82-foot parcel on Whitewater Lake sold for $2,465,000.

Where is the lakefront market in Whitewater?

Four streets carry most of it. Oakwood Road in the Town of Richmond recorded 6 sales from $650,000 to $1,440,000. E Lakeshore Drive recorded 4. Kettle Moraine Drive on Rice Lake recorded 3, all on 75 or 76 feet. Lake Drive on Lake Lorraine recorded 2. Ridge Road, Krahn Drive, State Park Road and Chapel Drive account for the rest.

Does the age of a Whitewater home affect price?

Yes, but the ladder stops. Houses built before 1900 ran a $260,000 median, 1900 to 1949 ran $265,000, 1950 to 1979 ran $315,000 and 1980 to 1999 ran $420,000. Houses built in 2000 or later came in below that at $396,900. About 30 percent of off-water sales were in houses built before 1950.

What is the Residences of Meadowview?

It is a Whitewater subdivision that appears in the MLS under 3 spellings: Residences of Meadowview, Residences at Meadowview, and The Residences of Meadowv. Normalized, it recorded 12 sales, making it the second largest subdivision in the market behind Park Crest at 13. A saved search on one spelling misses most of the activity.

Is vacant land a good buy near Whitewater?

Land sold at a $200,000 median across 32 sales and took a median of 104 days, the slowest segment. It also sold at 80.2 percent of its original asking price, the lowest here. Twenty-six parcels were listed at the data pull, and much of that is commercial or industrial rather than residential, including parcels on Universal Boulevard, Enterprise Boulevard and N Prospect Drive in the business park.

Are there condominiums in Whitewater, WI?

Yes. 24 sold and 4 were listed at the data pull, at a $279,000 median off the water. Every one sold was built between 1996 and 2012, so there is no older condominium stock. Recurring addresses include Bloomingfield Drive, S Wisconsin Street, Waters Edge Drive, S Rice Street, E Clay Street and Chapel Drive.

Should I buy near the UW-Whitewater campus?

That depends on what you want the house to do. The university enrolls more than 12,000 students in a city of about 15,000, so location within the city matters more than it would elsewhere. A house near campus sits in a different demand pattern than a house on the edge of town, and rental demand follows the September to May academic calendar. The city and the university both publish rental licensing and occupancy rules, which are worth reading before writing an offer.