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The median home value in Waunakee, WI is $590,743 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.98% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$590,743
Year-over-Year
+1.98%
Population
15,227
Waunakee ranks #9 of 124 Wisconsin cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 68.1% 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 Waunakee is $125,220, so the typical home value is about 4.7× 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).
Waunakee police recorded a violent crime rate of 105 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 210 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 Waunakee, that value is $590,743. That's up 1.98% from a year earlier. It is about 68.1% above the typical Wisconsin city tracked here.
Homes in Waunakee are more expensive than Dane County as a whole, where the median is $474,814 — a difference of about 24.4%.
Median household income here is $125,220, so the typical home value is about 4.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Waunakee police reported 105 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 15,227. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.