The story of this market
The typical home in Dane County, Wisconsin sells for about $524,900, or $242 per square foot.
Prices are up +3.6% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 17 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 165% since 2000. Last year 88 of 111 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,565 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,565 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.2%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+14.7%). Worst: 2009 (-2.5%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.2%
WI · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$2,047
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+4.2%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 111 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
40
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $182,036,843.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
89.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 27554 | 19959 | 89.2% | 7.4% | $275,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Dane County, Wisconsin
The Dane County housing market remains a seller's market with low inventory and rising prices. While sales volume has increased year-over-year, the limited supply continues to drive competition, keeping the sale-to-list ratio above 100%.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the published ten-year series (2025) (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 0.9% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 67 days on market with 0.8 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
3% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 29.91% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.4% · poverty 9.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 36 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Dane County, Wisconsin — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.3%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Oct 18, 2026.
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| 53508 | Belleville | $441,990 | $257 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 130 | $918 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53515 | Black Earth | $465,000 | $179 | +10.1% | 98 | — | — | — | 1,297 | $1,058 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53517 | Blue Mounds | $307,863 | $168 | +2.5% | 41 | 99.2% | 12% | 3.2 | 12 | $1,079 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53521 | Brooklyn | $574,000 | $235 | +2.1% | 62 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.8 | 13 | $1,201 | researched Sep 21 |
| 53523 | Cambridge | $497,906 | $246 | +0.1% | 41 | 100% | 14% | 1.3 | 1,198 | $1,211 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53527 | Cottage Grove | $550,000 | $233 | +15.6% | 71 | 98.5% | 14% | 2.2 | 121 | $1,505 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53528 | Cross Plains | $567,500 | $258 | +19.5% | 41 | 100.6% | 14% | 3.2 | 97 | $1,423 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53529 | Dane | $425,000 | $246 | +5.5% | 63 | 98.5% | 6.5% | 7.4 | 230 | $1,650 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53531 | Deerfield | $489,000 | $246 | +6.6% | 48 | — | — | — | 34 | $1,221 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53532 | DeForest | $550,000 | $233 | +15.6% | 71 | 100% | 6.5% | 2.2 | 121 | $1,414 | researched Sep 23 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
- Little Amerricka Amusement Park4.626.8 mi
- Prairie Athletic Club4.520.4 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.23.2 mi
- Spare Time Madison4.43.4 mi
- Dave & Buster's Madison3.93.4 mi
- Camp Randall Stadium4.77.8 mi
- Alliant Energy Center4.48.8 mi
- Cave of the Mounds4.713.4 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens4.812 mi
- Kohl Center4.78.5 mi
- Henry Vilas Zoo4.77.6 mi
- Wisconsin State Capitol4.89.2 mi
- Cave of the Mounds4.713.4 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens4.812 mi
- AMC Fitchburg 1844.2 mi
- Wisconsin State Capitol4.89.2 mi
- Overture Center for the Arts4.89 mi
- Garver Feed Mill4.612.1 mi
- Madison Children's Museum4.79.3 mi
- Wollersheim Winery & Distillery4.820.2 mi
- Cave of the Mounds4.713.4 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens4.812 mi
- Blue Mound State Park4.715 mi
- James Madison Park4.69.5 mi
- Warner Park4.611.8 mi
- Wingra Boats4.96.7 mi
- SkipperBud's411.7 mi
- Capitol Boat Club4.811.5 mi
- Vitense Golfland4.44.2 mi
- PinSocial Deforest417.2 mi
- University Ridge Golf Course4.70.4 mi
- Pleasant View Golf Course4.64.8 mi
- Door Creek Golf Course4.416.7 mi
- West Towne Mall43.5 mi
- East Towne Mall3.814.4 mi
- Hilldale Shopping Center4.46.2 mi
- Global Market and Food Hall4.614.7 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.34.4 mi
- Dane County Regional Airport4.513.6 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
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