In October 2019, there were 53 homes sold, with a median sale price of $349,900 - a 1.4% decrease over the $354,950 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 44 homes sold in Waunakee in October 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 2%.
The following table compares Waunakee to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in October 2019:
| City | Oct. 2019 Home Sales | Oct. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2019 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Bluff | 4 | 8 | -50% | $601,865 | $458,500 | 31.3% |
| Shorewood Hills | 9 | 5 | 80% | $575,292 | $1,000,000 | -42.5% |
| McFarland | 22 | 23 | -4.3% | $389,423.50 | $319,000 | 22.1% |
| Waunakee | 53 | 44 | 20.5% | $349,900 | $354,950 | -1.4% |
| Middleton | 36 | 58 | -37.9% | $333,700 | $364,500 | -8.4% |
| Fitchburg | 46 | 57 | -19.3% | $327,500 | $288,000 | 13.7% |
| Dane | 3 | 2 | 50% | $292,200 | $249,950 | 16.9% |
| DeForest | 27 | 38 | -28.9% | $282,300 | $247,450 | 14.1% |
| Sun Prairie | 83 | 83 | 0% | $277,500 | $245,000 | 13.3% |
| Verona | 22 | 28 | -21.4% | $270,333.50 | $289,550 | -6.6% |
| Madison | 538 | 477 | 12.8% | $270,000 | $250,000 | 8% |
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