Zip lookup · WI

53597
Waunakee, Wisconsin.

Waunakee, Dane County, WI · Madison, WI metro · population 21,426

What it costs per month · 53597 $3,132/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,649 (+111%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $15,573 +3%
$581,230$596,803 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $131,098 +28%
$465,705$596,803 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 53597 $3,132 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 53597$3,132
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 53597 rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Waunakee, WI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $2,126 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $596,803 as of Sep 2026
+2.7%year on year

Asking rent — 53597

Against the Madison, WI metro and the national benchmark.

$1,800 $1,900 $2,000 $2,100 2026 53597 $2,126 Madison $1,776 United States $1,930
$1,800 $1,900 $2,000 $2,100 2026
  • 53597$2,126
  • Madison$1,776
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 53597

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 53597 $596,803 Madison $445,747 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 53597$596,803
  • Madison$445,747
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.3 53529 Dane 2,611 — $506,474
6.2 53598 Windsor 4,176 — $509,857
6.3 53562 Middleton 29,790 $1,578 $620,703
6.4 53704 Madison 46,730 $1,546 $373,737
7.5 53705 Madison 25,017 $1,829 $553,806
8.0 53726 Madison 5,043 $2,001 $789,830
8.1 53532 Deforest 16,514 $1,745 $477,896
8.1 53717 Madison 13,052 — $511,481
8.2 53703 Madison 37,659 $1,953 $450,167
8.9 53715 Madison 15,974 $2,280 $502,364
9.3 53714 Madison 16,169 $1,493 $378,306
10.1 53528 Cross Plains 6,263 $1,721 $536,986
10.5 53713 Madison 24,351 $1,403 $359,178
10.8 53555 Lodi 8,933 — $476,011
10.9 53716 Madison 18,596 $1,820 $414,403
10.9 53719 Madison 34,115 $1,608 $428,179
10.9 53911 Arlington 1,450 — $375,968
11.0 53718 Madison 18,989 $1,627 $434,496
11.8 53711 Madison 51,279 $1,713 $505,853
12.6 53590 Sun Prairie 45,602 $1,642 $454,986
15.0 53593 Verona 31,081 $1,954 $595,857
15.0 53560 Mazomanie 3,416 — $431,433
15.2 53558 Mcfarland 13,164 $1,715 $491,261
15.3 53955 Poynette 6,125 — $407,977
15.4 53515 Black Earth 2,647 — $441,303
15.7 53527 Cottage Grove 11,924 $1,745 $477,861
17.5 53561 Merrimac 1,872 — $506,995
17.7 53575 Oregon 18,204 — $499,555
18.3 53578 Prairie Du Sac 6,503 — $430,560
18.6 53583 Sauk City 5,816 — $406,949

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.