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The median home value in Dane County, WI is $474,814 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.42% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$474,814
Year-over-Year
+2.42%
National Rank
#253 of 3071
Dane County ranks 3rd out of 72 counties in WI by median home price, and is +102.6% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within WI, the typical county has a median home value of $304,403, making Dane County +56.0% above the WI state median.
Households here earn a median of $89,975 a year against a typical home value of $474,814 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.3×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 87% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Dane County recorded a violent crime rate of 214 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,518 per 100,000.
Based on 16 reporting cities covering 481,963 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Dane County is $474,814. That's up 2.42% from a year earlier. That is about 102.6% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Dane County the 3rd most expensive of 72 counties in Wisconsin.
Median household income here is $89,975, so a typical home costs about 5.3× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Dane County recorded 214 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 481,963 residents across 16 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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