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The median home value in De Forest, WI is $454,777 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.49% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$454,777
Year-over-Year
+2.49%
Population
11,195
De Forest ranks #30 of 124 Wisconsin cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.4% above the state's city median of $351,517. It sits in Dane County, where the county-wide median is $474,814.
Median household income in De Forest is $106,419, so the typical home value is about 4.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
De Forest police recorded a violent crime rate of 80 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 813 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In De Forest, that value is $454,777. That's up 2.49% from a year earlier. It is about 29.4% above the typical Wisconsin city tracked here.
Homes in De Forest are cheaper than Dane County as a whole, where the median is $474,814 — a difference of about 4.2%.
Median household income here is $106,419, so the typical home value is about 4.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
De Forest police reported 80 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,195. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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