{"id":29237,"date":"2020-04-28T17:33:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T22:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=29237"},"modified":"2020-04-28T17:33:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T22:33:54","slug":"milwaukees-2020-property-assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2020\/04\/milwaukees-2020-property-assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee\u2019s 2020 Property Assessments take their largest jump since 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 total value of Milwaukee\u2019s tax base is $31.4 billion, up $2.2 billion from 2019, but still $4.1 billion less than the peak in 2007. The city\u2019s total assessment grew 7.6% from 2019 to 2020. This is the largest year-over-year increase since 2005-2006.<\/p>\n<p>Unless stated otherwise, all values in this post are adjusted for inflation to current (2020) values using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/CPIAUCSL\">Consumer Price Index<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In unadjusted (\u201cnominal\u201d) dollars, the city\u2019s total 2020 valuation exceeded its 2008 peak for the first time. Homeowners who bought their properties near the top of the pre-Recession market will be glad to see their home values approach the sale price, but apart from this the nominal dollar comparison has little value.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29238 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006-1024x731.png\" alt=\"line graph of Milwaukee's total assessed property tax base\" width=\"840\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006-1200x857.png 1200w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-2006.png 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By law, the assessments released in April 2020 are intended to reflect the value of the property on January 1, 2020, so they do not take into consideration the current economic turmoil facing the entire nation. As research from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wispolicyforum.org\/research\/the-covid-19-fiscal-fall-out-for-cities-and-villages\/\">Public Policy Forum<\/a>\u00a0has shown, municipalities in Wisconsin are disproportionately dependent on property taxes compared to local governments in other states. Usually this lack of a diversified income stream is a bad thing, but in this case it may shelter municipalities from even worse fiscal fallout for at least another year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"the-residential-picture\" class=\"section level2\">\n<h2>The residential picture<\/h2>\n<p>The average residential property assessment in 2020 was $115,700. The median home\u2019s assessment grew 9.9% from 2019 to 2020, or $9,800. Home valuations increased for 82% of homes and decreased for 12%.<\/p>\n<p>Among neighborhoods with at least 200 homes, values grew the most in Brewer\u2019s Hill ($46,000 on average). Murray Hill, on the other side of the Milwaukee River, saw the largest decline ($9,000). Other neighborhoods with large increases include Harambee, Mount Mary, Maple Tree, and Riverwest. In addition to Murray Hill, property values declined in Riverside Park, Uptown, Clock Tower Acres, Granville Station, Washington Park, and Sherman Park.<\/p>\n<p>There are a handful of neighborhoods where property values in 2020 are higher than in 2007. They include neighborhoods near the Lake such as Bay View, Fernwood, Harbor View, the Historic Third Ward, and Yankee Hill; the two near-north side neighborhoods of Triangle and Triangle North; and a cluster of far-northwest side developments near Dretzka Park.<\/p>\n<p>These neighborhoods are by far the exception to the general trend. As of 2020, the median home in Milwaukee is assessed at 73% of it\u2019s value in 2007\u2013an average decline of $42,000.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29239\" src=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061-1024x891.png\" alt=\"Maps of property value changes by block\" width=\"840\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061-1024x891.png 1024w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061-768x668.png 768w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061-1536x1337.png 1536w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061-1200x1044.png 1200w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_2020-04-28-Milwaukee\u2019s-2020-Property-Assessments-take-their-largest-jump-since-20061.png 1774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NeighborhoodStatsTable.html\">Click here for an interactive table<\/a> showing the median values of residential properties in each Milwaukee neighborhood for the years 2000, 2007, 2019, and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 total value of Milwaukee\u2019s tax base is $31.4 billion, up $2.2 billion from 2019, but still $4.1 billion less than the peak in 2007. The city\u2019s total assessment grew 7.6% from 2019 to 2020. This is the largest year-over-year increase since 2005-2006. 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