The median sales price of a Dane County home in the second quarter of 2022 was $350,000, based on data from the 2,986 properties sold during that time. In 2021 the median tax bill for the county was $5,863, which is 1.7% of the median value of the homes that were taxed.
This is 1.5 times higher than the average effective property tax rate of 1.11% in the U.S. in 2023.
The analysis of Dane County real estate data showed homeowners in Blue Mounds and Dane paid the highest rates.
The following table compares Blue Mounds with some other cities belonging to Dane County by their median effective property tax rate, calculated using sales and property tax data from the second quarter of 2022.
| City | Q2 2022 Sales | Q2 2022 Median Price | Median tax 2022 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | 5 | $178,700 | $4,936 | 2.8% |
| Dane | 5 | $235,000 | $5,412 | 2.3% |
| Maple Bluff | 6 | $700,000 | $13,914 | 2% |
| Cross Plains | 22 | $284,250 | $5,567 | 2% |
| Fitchburg | 144 | $377,900 | $7,276 | 1.9% |
| Waunakee | 102 | $417,850 | $7,825 | 1.9% |
| Madison | 1,630 | $350,000 | $6,397 | 1.8% |
| Sun Prairie | 271 | $338,300 | $6,079 | 1.8% |
| Middleton | 123 | $408,000 | $7,395 | 1.8% |
| DeForest | 76 | $320,500 | $5,866 | 1.8% |
| Mazomanie | 18 | $237,500 | $4,279 | 1.8% |
| Windsor | 62 | $350,000 | $6,046 | 1.7% |
| McFarland | 54 | $371,650 | $6,307 | 1.7% |
| Verona | 75 | $375,000 | $6,400 | 1.7% |
| Cottage Grove | 47 | $380,000 | $6,559 | 1.7% |
| Deerfield | 25 | $260,000 | $4,408 | 1.7% |
| Oregon | 84 | $350,000 | $5,812 | 1.7% |
| Mount Horeb | 45 | $342,500 | $5,322 | 1.6% |
| Stoughton | 99 | $295,000 | $4,768 | 1.6% |
| Belleville | 16 | $327,500 | $5,116 | 1.6% |
| Black Earth | 15 | $279,000 | $4,417 | 1.6% |
| Shorewood Hills | 15 | $975,000 | $13,646 | 1.4% |
| Cambridge | 17 | $285,700 | $3,901 | 1.4% |
| Brooklyn | 2 | $382,000 | $5,460 | 1.4% |
| Marshall | 26 | $310,000 | $4,017 | 1.3% |
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