What is the median rent in Sauk City, WI?

Name: Median rent in Sauk City, WI, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Sauk City, WI is $1,121 (±$111) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 432 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Sauk City, the median gross rent went from $724 in 2015–2019 to $1,121 in 2020–2024 (+54.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,121 (±$111)
Rented homes: 432 (±95)
$2,000 or more: 17.6%
Since 2015–2019: +54.8%

How much rent costs in Sauk City

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Sauk City	Sauk County	Wisconsin	United States
Less than $500	2.3% (±3.4 points)	10.6%	6.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	34.7% (±13.8 points)	37.6%	35.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	30.6% (±14.0 points)	38.8%	37.1%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	14.8% (±10.9 points)	9.1%	14.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	17.6% (±13.4 points)	2.3%	4.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±5.1 points)	0.2%	1.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±5.1 points)	1.4%	1.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 34.7% of renting households.

17.6% of rented homes in Sauk City cost $2,000 or more a month.

Sauk City against Sauk County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Sauk City	Sauk County	Wisconsin	United States
Median gross rent	$1,121 (±$111)	$1,018 (±$31)	$1,087 (±$4)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	432 (±95)	7,352 (±488)	764,522 (±6,229)	42,849,984

In Sauk City, median gross rent is not measurably different from Sauk County ($1,018).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Sauk County, Sauk City ranks 14 of 36 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 414 of 1,594.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Sauk City has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$724 (±$28)	$1,121 (±$111)	+54.8%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	32.3% (±5.6 points)	30.2% (±5.9 points)	−2.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±3.4 points)	0.0% (±5.0 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Sauk City

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Sauk City
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Sauk City	—	$1,121 (±$111)	—
Prairie du Sac	1.4 mi	$1,370 (±$108)	Higher
Town of Prairie du Sac	3.4 mi	$950 (±$480)	Not measurably different
Town of Roxbury	4.2 mi	$1,286 (±$404)	Not measurably different
Town of Mazomanie	5.3 mi	$1,175 (±$235)	Not measurably different
Town of West Point	5.3 mi	$1,508 (±$258)	Higher
Town of Sumpter	7.0 mi	$975 (±$35)	Lower
Mazomanie	7.7 mi	$992 (±$112)	Not measurably different
Town of Merrimac	8.4 mi	$1,161 (±$138)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Town of Sumpter, WI ($975).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Prairie du Sac, WI ($1,370), Town of West Point, WI ($1,508).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Sauk County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
8	Ironton	$1,200 (±$192)
9	Town of Westfield (Sauk County)	$1,167 (±$224)
10	Town of Merrimac	$1,161 (±$138)
11	Town of Troy (Sauk County)	$1,141 (±$215)
12	Town of Woodland	$1,139 (±$91)
13	Spring Green	$1,133 (±$130)
14	Sauk City	$1,121 (±$111)
15	West Baraboo	$1,104 (±$28)
16	Town of Baraboo	$1,100 (±$379)
17	Town of Freedom (Sauk County)	$1,063 (±$368)
18	Rock Springs	$1,042 (±$131)
19	La Valle	$1,038 (±$155)
20	Lake Delton	$1,006 (±$118)

Showing 13 of 36 places in Sauk County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Sauk City

What is the average rent in Sauk City, WI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Sauk City is $1,121 (±$111) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Sauk City?

In Sauk City, the median gross rent went from $724 in 2015–2019 to $1,121 in 2020–2024 (+54.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Sauk City cost more than $2,000 a month?

17.6% of rented homes in Sauk City have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Sauk City higher than in Sauk County?

In Sauk City, median gross rent is not measurably different from Sauk County ($1,018).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Sauk City village, Wisconsin (place:71650, in state:55).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.