Home values, rents and more in De Forest, WI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How De Forest compares
The typical home in De Forest, WI is worth about $449,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in De Forest are about the same as the typical value in the Madison metro area ($446,000) and 23% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in De Forest rose 3.1%, compared with +3.1% in the Madison metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,741 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Madison metro area ($1,780) and 10% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $106,419, against $88,804 in the Madison metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 11,501 people live in De Forest (American Community Survey 2020–24).
De Forest has the 27th-highest typical home value of the 55 cities in the Madison metro area and the 119th-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.