Gross property tax levies across Wisconsin increased 4.2% in 2024, the second largest increase since 2009. In the last 15 years, this increase in levies by all local governments was second only to the 4.6% annual increase in 2023.
It is due to factors including significant numbers of school districts passing referenda to increase their tax levies, as well as an increase to school district revenue limits in the 2023-25 state budget.
Total equalized property values increased 8.3% statewide in 2025. This was less than the double-digit-percentage growth seen in 2022 and 2023, but still the third-largest annual increase since 2006…