housing costs · Wisconsin
Housing costs in Dane County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,398 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,345 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,268 | ± $16 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,179 | ± $11 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $394,800 | ± $3,871 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $366,100 | ± $3,760 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $342,900 | ± $3,938 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $294,500 | ± $3,235 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.1 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.5 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.4 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.0 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Dane County is $1,398, above the Wisconsin median of $878 across 72 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.