The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 53561 sells for about $350,000, or $185 per square foot.
Prices are up +16.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 18 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,061 a month.
ZIP 53561 — Merrimac
The housing market in 53561 shows strong price appreciation and high demand, evidenced by a 16.7% year-over-year increase in median sales price. Low inventory levels and a rapid sales pace continue to drive competitive conditions for buyers. Data is sourced from regional MLS reports for Q2 2026.
Median prices moved up 16.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 18 days on market with 1.9 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 100.8% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.1% · poverty 5.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.8%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 4.4%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
net influx — more people moved in than out
ZCTA 53561, Dane County WI
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA-level tables.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.