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August 27, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Sun Prairie, WI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Sun Prairie: a median closing price of $450,000 across 338 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Sun Prairie, WI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Sun Prairie, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Sun Prairie sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 338
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $450,000
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $216
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $365,000 and $564,200

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 338 closed sales in Sun Prairie over the last six months, with a median closing price of $450,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $365,000 and $564,200. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 331 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $190 and $259 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Sun Prairie, WI (October 2026)

The median home price in Sun Prairie is $450,000, measured across the 338 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $365,000 and $564,200.

Where Sun Prairie sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Sun Prairie
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $365k to $564k
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$255k to $320k: 25 sales$255k$320k to $384k: 55 sales55sales$384k to $449k: 53 sales$384k$449k to $514k: 48 sales$514k to $579k: 41 sales$514k$579k to $644k: 28 sales$644k to $708k: 23 sales$644k$708k to $773k: 5 salesMedian $450k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Sun Prairie over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $365,000 and $564,200. Among the 38 Wisconsin markets with a published band, Sun Prairie's middle-half spread ($365,000 to $564,200) ranks 9th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Sun Prairie monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $206 per square foot across 83 sales$206MayJun 2026: $217 per square foot across 40 sales$217JunJul 2026: $213 per square foot across 49 sales$213JulAug 2026: $213 per square foot across 52 sales$213AugSep 2026: $216 per square foot across 39 sales$216Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 25 days, across 137 Sun Prairie closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 29 days, across 103 Sun Prairie closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 338 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Sun Prairie angle

The practical read is that the market has a real center of gravity. A typical property here can be priced from the median with modest adjustments, and a wide miss between a comp-based value and the midpoint usually signals either an unusual subject or a poorly matched comp set. Decide which before trusting the number, and write down whichever attributes of the subject justify a result outside the middle half.

Sun Prairie market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Sun Prairie ZIP codes: 53590.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Sun Prairie address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Sun Prairie, WI
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 5578600
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 338
Median sold price: $450,000
Median sold $/sqft: $216 (331 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Sun Prairie over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Sun Prairie?

The median sold price in Sun Prairie over the last 6 months is $450,000, measured across 338 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Sun Prairie last month?

Resideline has tracked 39 closed sales in Sun Prairie in September 2026 so far, out of 338 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Sun Prairie?

The middle half of Sun Prairie sales over the last six months closed between $365,000 and $564,200, with a median of $450,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Sun Prairie?

Among qualifying Sun Prairie closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $216, measured across 331 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

What should I do when my Sun Prairie estimate falls outside the middle half?

Treat it as a claim that the subject is materially different from a typical Sun Prairie sale, since half of tracked closings landed between $365,000 and $564,200. That claim can be right, but it needs comps that share the subject's distinguishing traits. If the comps behind the estimate look ordinary, the estimate, not the market, is the likelier problem.

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