In August 2020, there were 77 homes sold, with a median sale price of $358,500 - a 20.9% increase over the $296,567 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 65 homes sold in Fitchburg in August 2019.
The median sales tax in Fitchburg for 2020 was $6,421. In 2019, the median sales tax was $6,165. This marks an increase of 4.2%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.8%.
The following table compares Fitchburg to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in August 2020:
| City | Aug. 2020 Home Sales | Aug. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Aug. 2020 Median Sales Price | Aug. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Bluff | 6 | 5 | 20% | $568,450 | $1,220,000 | -53.4% |
| Shorewood Hills | 7 | 7 | 0% | $525,000 | $545,000 | -3.7% |
| Waunakee | 34 | 43 | -20.9% | $412,450 | $385,000 | 7.1% |
| Fitchburg | 77 | 65 | 18.5% | $358,500 | $296,567 | 20.9% |
| McFarland | 20 | 32 | -37.5% | $347,500 | $280,000 | 24.1% |
| Middleton | 59 | 45 | 31.1% | $345,600 | $363,600 | -5% |
| Cottage Grove | 20 | 22 | -9.1% | $339,500 | $300,000 | 13.2% |
| Verona | 38 | 38 | 0% | $332,450 | $279,649.50 | 18.9% |
| Dane | 3 | 3 | 0% | $330,000 | $349,900 | -5.7% |
| DeForest | 47 | 42 | 11.9% | $325,450 | $311,452.50 | 4.5% |
| Mount Horeb | 20 | 26 | -23.1% | $314,950 | $255,000 | 23.5% |
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