From July through December of 2019, there were 359 homes sold, with a median sale price of $300,000 - a 1.4% increase over the $295,965 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 336 homes sold in Fitchburg in the second half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Fitchburg for 2019 was $6,165. In 2018, the median sales tax was $5,824. This marks an increase of 5.9%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.1%.
The following table compares Fitchburg to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2019:
| City | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Bluff | 26 | 37 | -29.7% | $560,515 | $491,500 | 14% |
| Shorewood Hills | 35 | 32 | 9.4% | $540,000 | $576,000 | -6.3% |
| Waunakee | 253 | 249 | 1.6% | $380,000 | $349,900 | 8.6% |
| Middleton | 253 | 283 | -10.6% | $330,000 | $355,250 | -7.1% |
| Dane | 16 | 16 | 0% | $310,000 | $246,569 | 25.7% |
| Fitchburg | 359 | 336 | 6.8% | $300,000 | $295,965 | 1.4% |
| Cottage Grove | 106 | 100 | 6% | $296,500 | $264,950 | 11.9% |
| McFarland | 131 | 135 | -3% | $294,500 | $289,900 | 1.6% |
| DeForest | 196 | 175 | 12% | $291,273 | $248,500 | 17.2% |
| Brooklyn | 15 | 15 | 0% | $275,000 | $205,000 | 34.1% |
| Oregon | 194 | 197 | -1.5% | $269,300 | $252,000 | 6.9% |
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