The story of this market
The typical home in Sauk County, Wisconsin sells for about $343,869, or $185 per square foot.
Prices are down 1.6% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 45 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 131% since 2000. Last year 14 of 23 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is hail, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,168 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,168 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+2.6%
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 (+15.6%). Worst: 2010 (-4.5%). 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
$1,448
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
+2.6%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 23 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
45
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $35,572,200.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
81%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2712 | 1724 | 81% | 3.1% | $195,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Sauk County, Wisconsin
The Sauk County housing market is currently experiencing a slight cooling trend with median sale prices down 1.6% year-over-year. While inventory remains limited, the market is seeing a faster turnover compared to the previous year, indicating a competitive but price-sensitive environment.
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: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 52 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 1.26% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.1% · poverty 8.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 13 researched ZIP reports of 15 — 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.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 53561 | Merrimac | $350,000 | $185 | +16.7% | 18 | 100.8% | 12% | 1.9 | 335 | $1,061 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53578 | Prairie du Sac | $347,000 | $165 | +3.2% | 48 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.1 | 42 | $1,357 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53583 | Sauk City | $444,000 | $246 | +6% | 39 | 100.6% | 14% | 3.5 | 77 | $1,133 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53588 | Spring Green | $469,900 | $232 | +22.1% | 50 | 100% | — | 1.4 | 272 | $988 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53913 | Baraboo | $235,000 | $169 | +9% | 41 | 97.6% | — | 1.8 | 101 | $985 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53924 | Cazenovia | $208,900 | $115 | +2.1% | 120 | 97.5% | 10% | 5.2 | 15 | $815 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53937 | Hillpoint | $430,000 | $226 | -9.5% | 57 | — | — | — | — | $1,013 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53941 | La Valle | $370,081 | $168 | +5.3% | 42 | 98.2% | 15% | 4.5 | 12 | $794 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53943 | Loganville | $225,600 | $108 | +2.1% | 85 | 98.5% | 15% | 4.2 | 12 | $1,073 | researched Sep 23 |
| 53944 | Lyndon Station | $325,000 | $185 | +1.6% | 22 | 100.1% | 12% | 1.6 | 89 | $1,142 | 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.
Economic development is managed through the Sauk County Economic Development Committee and the Sauk County Development Corporation, focusing on fostering housing and business growth.
The county economy is supported by local economic development initiatives and the Sauk County Development Corporation, which works to foster equitable and feasible housing and business growth.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov