In December 2019, there were 41 homes sold, with a median sale price of $400,000 - a 66.7% increase over the $240,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 39 homes sold in Waunakee in December 2018.
The median sales tax in Waunakee for 2019 was $6,842. In 2018, the median sales tax was $6,220. This marks an increase of 10%. 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 Waunakee to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in December 2019:
| City | Dec. 2019 Home Sales | Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 4 | 1 | 300% | $445,100 | $534,500 | -16.7% |
| Maple Bluff | 5 | 0 | - | $421,500 | $0 | - |
| Cottage Grove | 18 | 16 | 12.5% | $400,500 | $272,557 | 46.9% |
| Waunakee | 41 | 39 | 5.1% | $400,000 | $240,000 | 66.7% |
| Middleton | 43 | 38 | 13.2% | $316,800 | $319,650 | -0.9% |
| Fitchburg | 70 | 41 | 70.7% | $293,350 | $275,000 | 6.7% |
| Oregon | 23 | 25 | -8% | $289,000 | $255,000 | 13.3% |
| Verona | 22 | 18 | 22.2% | $280,750 | $260,932.50 | 7.6% |
| Cambridge | 2 | 4 | -50% | $271,950 | $184,625 | 47.3% |
| Sun Prairie | 69 | 63 | 9.5% | $265,000 | $260,000 | 1.9% |
| Dane | 1 | 1 | 0% | $257,500 | $110,000 | 134.1% |
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