In May 2017, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $275,500 - a 4% increase over the $265,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 11 homes sold in Cross Plains in May 2016.
The median sales tax in Cross Plains for 2017 was $4,899. In 2016, the median sales tax was $4,671. This marks an increase of 4.9%. 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 Cross Plains to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in May 2017:
| City | May 2017 Home Sales | May 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | May 2017 Median Sales Price | May 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 3 | 9 | -66.7% | $800,000 | $525,000 | 52.4% |
| Maple Bluff | 7 | 5 | 40% | $671,750 | $337,500 | 99% |
| Waunakee | 45 | 49 | -8.2% | $317,600 | $226,700 | 40.1% |
| Middleton | 42 | 71 | -40.8% | $292,550 | $266,981 | 9.6% |
| Fitchburg | 68 | 63 | 7.9% | $291,350 | $249,000 | 17% |
| Cross Plains | 9 | 11 | -18.2% | $275,500 | $265,000 | 4% |
| Dane | 3 | 3 | 0% | $266,500 | $274,000 | -2.7% |
| Blue Mounds | 5 | 1 | 400% | $260,000 | $259,500 | 0.2% |
| Verona | 37 | 42 | -11.9% | $255,000 | $213,500 | 19.4% |
| McFarland | 30 | 27 | 11.1% | $253,250 | $237,500 | 6.6% |
| DeForest | 40 | 33 | 21.2% | $231,200 | $190,000 | 21.7% |
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