From July through December of 2020, there were 120 homes sold, with a median sale price of $281,250 - a 10.3% increase over the $255,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 119 homes sold in Mount Horeb in the second half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Mount Horeb for 2020 was $4,820. In 2019, the median sales tax was $4,832. This marks an decrease of 0.2%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.7%.
The following table compares Mount Horeb to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2020:
| City | July - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeForest | 226 | 196 | 15.3% | $291,750 | $291,273 | 0.2% |
| Oregon | 197 | 194 | 1.5% | $286,500 | $269,300 | 6.4% |
| Sun Prairie | 590 | 510 | 15.7% | $286,250 | $255,500 | 12% |
| Cambridge | 38 | 37 | 2.7% | $285,750 | $175,000 | 63.3% |
| Madison | 3,343 | 3,147 | 6.2% | $282,000 | $265,600 | 6.2% |
| Mount Horeb | 120 | 119 | 0.8% | $281,250 | $255,000 | 10.3% |
| Cross Plains | 44 | 37 | 18.9% | $260,000 | $255,000 | 2% |
| Brooklyn | 16 | 15 | 6.7% | $252,450 | $275,000 | -8.2% |
| Stoughton | 206 | 190 | 8.4% | $242,000 | $234,400 | 3.2% |
| Marshall | 73 | 54 | 35.2% | $239,500 | $219,950 | 8.9% |
| Dane | 15 | 16 | -6.3% | $230,570 | $310,000 | -25.6% |
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