Waukesha, WI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Waukesha: a median closing price of $375,760 across 568 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Waukesha, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Waukesha sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 568
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $375,760
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $216
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $285,000 and $485,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 568 closed sales in Waukesha over the last six months, with a median closing price of $375,760. 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 $285,000 and $485,000. 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 558 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $190 and $256 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Waukesha, WI (September 2026)
The median home price in Waukesha is $375,760, measured across the 568 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $285,000 and $485,000.
Where Waukesha sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Waukesha 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 $285,000 and $485,000. Among the 37 Wisconsin markets with a published band, Waukesha's middle-half spread ($285,000 to $485,000) ranks 26th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 53rd percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 21 days, across 170 Waukesha closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 22 days, across 129 Waukesha closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Waukesha Real Estate Market Trends in 2026
Among the Waukesha closings with usable living area over the last six months, single-family houses closed at a median of $227 per square foot (381 sales) and condos at $201 (157 sales).
The Waukesha angle
Waukesha gave us 568 tracked closings over the last six months at a median closed sale price of $375,760, with the middle half of sales between $285,000 and $485,000. The width of that band is close to typical for the markets we track. Price a specific property from closed sales matched on the attributes that matter, and use the citywide figures to check whether the result is routine or requires a story.
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 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 Waukesha address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Waukesha, WI
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 5584250
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 568
Median sold price: $375,760
Median sold $/sqft: $216 (558 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 Waukesha over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Waukesha city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 17% of the 568 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $396,737.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Waukesha?
The median sold price in Waukesha over the last 6 months is $375,760, measured across 568 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Waukesha last month?
Resideline tracked 93 closed sales in Waukesha in August 2026, out of 568 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Waukesha?
The middle half of Waukesha sales over the last six months closed between $285,000 and $485,000, with a median of $375,760.
What is the typical price per square foot in Waukesha?
Among qualifying Waukesha closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $216, measured across 558 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
What does the gap between the Waukesha median and the lower quartile mean for buyers?
It means ordinary Waukesha closings extend a long way below $375,760: the distance from the median down to $285,000 exceeds the distance up to $485,000 in our tracked data. A price well under the median can therefore be an unremarkable sale rather than a red flag. Judge any specific deal against closed sales that resemble it, not against the citywide figure.