Homeowners in Cambridge paid property taxes amounting to 1.6% of their home values in the fourth quarter of 2025, which surpassed the national average by more than 1.8 times, according to BlockShopper.com.
Data show the median sales price for a Cambridge home during the fourth quarter of 2025 was $328,500, based on 10 transactions over that period. The city’s median property tax bill in 2025 stood at $5,333, representing 1.6% of the median taxable home value.
The average effective property tax rate nationwide was 0.888% in 2024.
Dane ranked highest in property tax rates among localities in Dane County.
The effective property tax rate for 2025 in this article is calculated using estimated inflation adjustments and 2024 county tax data. Actual rates may differ slightly in some cases.
U.S. median home prices rose again in 2025, reaching roughly $447,000 in June. That mark is a 1.13% increase compared with a year earlier, Redfin reports. The data also reveals a notable supply and demand disparity, with sellers outnumbering buyers by 36%, or 508,715 homes. Redfin labels a housing market as balanced when the gap between sellers and buyers is within 10%.
The following table presents a comparison of Dane and select other Dane County cities by their median effective property tax rates, calculated from sales and property tax figures from the fourth quarter of 2025.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane | 10 | $250,000 | $5,872 | 2.3% |
| Marshall | 11 | $260,000 | $4,989 | 1.9% |
| Sun Prairie | 161 | $370,000 | $6,936 | 1.9% |
| Belleville | 8 | $284,757 | $5,315 | 1.9% |
| Fitchburg | 114 | $425,000 | $7,819 | 1.8% |
| Cottage Grove | 45 | $390,000 | $7,083 | 1.8% |
| Verona | 72 | $419,950 | $7,247 | 1.7% |
| Madison | 1,125 | $415,000 | $6,874 | 1.7% |
| Deerfield | 20 | $272,500 | $4,546 | 1.7% |
| Cambridge | 10 | $328,500 | $5,333 | 1.6% |
| Middleton | 91 | $499,000 | $7,912 | 1.6% |
| Maple Bluff | 10 | $965,600 | $15,145 | 1.6% |
| Stoughton | 82 | $358,000 | $5,568 | 1.6% |
| Mount Horeb | 31 | $407,099 | $6,125 | 1.5% |
| McFarland | 42 | $443,100 | $6,840 | 1.5% |
| Cross Plains | 19 | $400,000 | $5,831 | 1.5% |
| Mazomanie | 11 | $300,000 | $4,468 | 1.5% |
| Waunakee | 78 | $525,100 | $7,806 | 1.5% |
| Windsor | 30 | $479,637 | $6,807 | 1.4% |
| DeForest | 62 | $445,000 | $6,307 | 1.4% |
| Shorewood Hills | 6 | $1,115,000 | $15,915 | 1.4% |
| Black Earth | 10 | $325,830 | $4,650 | 1.4% |
| Brooklyn | 7 | $395,000 | $5,591 | 1.4% |
| Blue Mounds | 3 | $380,000 | $5,498 | 1.4% |
| Oregon | 71 | $484,844 | $6,709 | 1.4% |