Portage County · 2026 data
Amherst, Wisconsin Home Market Report
Updated 2026-06-21 · by Micah Nicholes, Founder, HouseBuyerz
Who owns the homes in Amherst?
Ownership reflects the most recent public assessor records (2026).
Of the roughly 1,516 homes in Amherst, about 1.7% are held by owners with an out-of-state mailing address (below the Wisconsin average of 5.3%), and about 4% are titled to a company or LLC rather than a person (in line with the state average of 5.6%).
Across Portage County, the single largest corporate residential owner on record is Shf Services LLC, holding roughly 19 single-family homes. Out-of-state and company owners are usually the most willing to sell quickly for cash — they're managing the house as an investment, not living in it.
Curious how Amherst compares to the rest of the state? See our Who Owns Wisconsin study — out-of-state and corporate ownership across all 72 counties.
In Amherst (Portage County, Wisconsin), the typical home is worth about $272,000, across roughly 1,516 dwellings. About 20% are owned by investors or landlords rather than the people living in them — in line with the Wisconsin average of 21%.
Amherst sits in a county where recorded mortgage data isn't reliable enough to report an accurate cash-sale share, so we've left that figure out rather than publish a number we can't stand behind.
For homeowners, the takeaway is that there's a real, active cash market for Amherst houses — including as-is, inherited, and off-market sales that never hit the MLS. (HouseBuyerz is one of those cash buyers.)
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