As municipal and county leaders grapple with spending and taxing decisions in their 2019 budgets, new data collected by the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows property taxes collected in the seven-county southeast Wisconsin region grew by 1 percent ($40 million) in 2018. Meanwhile, property values in the region grew 4.6 percent, the highest rate of growth in the past decade, the research organization announced today.
The findings are detailed in WPF’s latest property tax and values report, an annual publication that measures trends in property values and examines how they impact the capacity of local governments and school districts to raise revenues. Given WPF’s new statewide focus, this year’s report also includes key property tax and value information for each of the state’s 72 counties.
