Oregon, Wisconsin.
Typical home $493,119 (+2.8% in a year). Madison, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,418 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,631 +3%
- $479,488$493,119 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $117,114 +31%
- $376,005$493,119 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.
- Oregon$2,588
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Oregon, WI rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin
Oregon is a village of 11,179 people in Dane County. Half its households earn more than $102,978 a year and half less, against $89,975 across Dane County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Dane County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Oregon is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, with a median age a little below what many older towns see. Incomes run above the county's, and few households live below the poverty line. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with colder weather than most of the country in January, while summers are warm in July, and rain and melted snow add up over the year to a fairly wet climate.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, manufacturing and shops. Among the largest workplaces in Oregon are the Oregon School District, Trachte North, which makes prefabricated metal buildings, and Wisco Industries, a metal stamping manufacturer. Unemployment across Dane County is low and slightly higher than a year ago, and the county added a small number of jobs over the past year. The typical commute is a short one, and many people work from home.
Things to do. The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, a botanical garden, is a short drive away, as is Lake Kegonsa State Park, a protected area for walking and time by the water. Lake Monona is also a short drive off. For an evening out, the Stoughton Opera House, a theatre, is a short drive away too.
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- 4,745households
- 50%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 23%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dane County had 361,286 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 61°. About 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Uw Arboretum - Madison weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Oregon
- Oregon School DistrictSchool district704FTE
- Trachte NorthBuildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing306
- Legend at BergamontGolf and country clubs119
- Wisco IndustriesMetal stampings, unfinished, manufacturing115
- Hy-VeeSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores105
- All-Color Powder CoatingCoating of metal and metal products with plastics for the trade52
- Gorman General ContractorsApartment building construction general contractors30
- Sienna Crest Assisted LivingAssisted living facilities for the elderly25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 776 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- HailRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Dane County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dane County and the Madison, WI metro.
Oregon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Oregon$493,119
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Oregon listings, and the typical home goes pending in 17 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Oregon26.45%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Oregon44
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Oregon19
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Oregon$506,611
- United States$371,553
Zip codes with a Oregon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Oregon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.