#1Stanley
Chippewa County · 3,876 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.89% of the median home value
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Towns with the lowest property taxes in Wisconsin
Stanley has the lowest property-tax bills of Wisconsin’s 362 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $1,492 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $3,774.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$1,492
#2Antigo
Langlade County · 8,060 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.43% of the median home value
#3Lake Delton
Sauk County · 3,451 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.89% of the median home value
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Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 38 towns here).
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Which Wisconsin town has the lowest property taxes?
Stanley (Chippewa County): homeowners’ median bill is $1,492 a year. Antigo ($1,499) and Lake Delton ($1,583) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (362 in Wisconsin); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. Every town is on the Wisconsin page.
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