k-12 tax & $pending climate: Milwaukee, Dane and Winnebago counties paid the highest effective property tax rates
Dane County had the second highest effective rate of 1.57%. Dane County households paid the largest median property tax bill, at about $6,170, but the median Dane County home value was 69% higher than that of Milwaukee County, at $393,500. As a result, the effective tax rate was smaller than in Milwaukee County.
In Winnebago County, the median home value was $222,400 and the median property tax was $3,362, for an effective tax rate of 1.51%.
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The #s are clear. Over the past generation, we’ve increased spending on public schools and have seen no improvement whatsoever. The dollars may be misspent, but public education is not “underfunded.”
