In July 2017, there were 60 homes sold, with a median sale price of $301,500 - a 13.1% increase over the $266,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 54 homes sold in Fitchburg in July 2016.
The median sales tax in Fitchburg for 2017 was $5,818. In 2016, the median sales tax was $5,723. This marks an increase of 1.6%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.9%.
The following table compares Fitchburg to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in July 2017:
| City | July 2017 Home Sales | July 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July 2017 Median Sales Price | July 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 4 | 11 | -63.6% | $837,500 | $675,000 | 24.1% |
| Maple Bluff | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $354,900 | $360,750 | -1.6% |
| Middleton | 44 | 64 | -31.3% | $315,000 | $299,450 | 5.2% |
| Fitchburg | 60 | 54 | 11.1% | $301,500 | $266,500 | 13.1% |
| Mount Horeb | 18 | 15 | 20% | $301,200 | $212,775 | 41.6% |
| Waunakee | 64 | 58 | 10.3% | $294,900 | $297,700 | -0.9% |
| Windsor | 42 | 24 | 75% | $270,500 | $291,950 | -7.3% |
| Verona | 37 | 40 | -7.5% | $270,000 | $252,450 | 7% |
| McFarland | 25 | 15 | 66.7% | $269,900 | $275,000 | -1.9% |
| Cottage Grove | 24 | 28 | -14.3% | $267,244 | $242,950 | 10% |
| Marshall | 5 | 10 | -50% | $265,000 | $177,450 | 49.3% |
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