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Home values, rents and more in Black Earth, WI

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$388,000
Metro: $446,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+4.1%
Metro: +3.1% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,736
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$75,625
Metro: $88,804 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Black Earth, WI, shaded by typical home valueBlack Earth53515
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  • $440k+
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ZIP codes around Black Earth, WI, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Black Earth is outlined.

How Black Earth compares

The typical home in Black Earth, WI is worth about $388,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Black Earth are 13% below the typical value in the Madison metro area ($446,000) and 6% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Black Earth rose 4.1%, compared with +3.1% in the Madison metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $75,625, against $88,804 in the Madison metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,736 people live in Black Earth (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Black Earth has the 22nd-lowest typical home value of the 55 cities in the Madison metro area and the 195th-highest of 690 in Wisconsin with Zillow figures.

Part of: Dane County, WI · Madison metro area · Wisconsin

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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