Windsor posted a median commercial property tax rate of 1% for fiscal year 2025, giving it the third-lowest rate among Dane County municipalities, according to BlockShopper.com.
The county’s median rate was 1.5% during the same period, which puts Windsor 0.5 percentage points under that mark.
Deerfield matched the county’s 1.5% median rate for fiscal year 2025.
Across Dane County’s 20 cities, rates ranged between 0.7% in Belleville and 2.3% in Marshall.
The median commercial property tax rate in Windsor for fiscal year 2024 was 1.1%, ranking 20th in the county at that time.
Commercial property tax rates averaged 1.76% among 53 major U.S. cities in 2024, according to a Lincoln Institute of Land Policy analysis. For a $1 million property with $200,000 in fixtures, the annual tax bill equals about $21,060. Some cities reported tax rates well under 1%, while others reached as high as 4%.
State-level classification systems often cause higher effective property tax rates for commercial, industrial, and apartment properties compared to residential properties. In certain areas, businesses face property tax rates several times higher than residential owners. For instance, in Charleston, the commercial tax rate may reach nearly six times the residential rate.
| Rank | City | Tax Rate % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall | 2.3% |
| 2 | Cross Plains | 1.6% |
| 2 | Madison | 1.6% |
| 4 | DeForest | 1.5% |
| 4 | Cottage Grove | 1.5% |
| 4 | Waunakee | 1.5% |
| 4 | Stoughton | 1.5% |
| 4 | Middleton | 1.5% |
| 4 | McFarland | 1.5% |
| 10 | Sun Prairie | 1.4% |
| 10 | Fitchburg | 1.4% |
| 10 | Oregon | 1.4% |
| 13 | Verona | 1.3% |
| 13 | Edgerton | 1.3% |
| 13 | Mount Horeb | 1.3% |
| 16 | Cambridge | 1.2% |
| 16 | Brooklyn | 1.2% |
| 18 | Windsor | 1% |
| 18 | Deerfield | 1% |
| 20 | Belleville | 0.7% |
| Rank | Address | Tax Rate % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6662 Lake Road | 1.1% |
| 2 | 6729 Lake Road | 1% |
Note: Some property addresses may be incomplete or missing due to limitations in county assessor data.
Information for this article was sourced from BlockShopper.com. The original data is available here.