The median sale price of a home sold in October 2020 in Mount Vernon rose by $46,450 while total sales decreased by 25%, according to BlockShopper.com.
In October 2020, there were six homes sold, with a median sale price of $243,200 - a 23.6% increase over the $196,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Mount Vernon in October 2019.
The median sales tax in Mount Vernon for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,654, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for October 2020.
The following table compares Mount Vernon to other Linn County cities with similar median sales prices in October 2020:
| City | Oct. 2020 Home Sales | Oct. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2020 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robins | 8 | 3 | 166.7% | $277,500 | $365,000 | -24% |
| Fairfax | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $259,950 | $194,000 | 34% |
| Ely | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $257,000 | $225,000 | 14.2% |
| Mount Vernon | 6 | 8 | -25% | $243,200 | $196,750 | 23.6% |
| Walker | 2 | 5 | -60% | $242,000 | $157,500 | 53.7% |
| Center Point | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | $225,000 | $190,000 | 18.4% |
| Palo | 2 | 1 | 100% | $223,500 | $404,536 | -44.8% |
| Springville | 5 | 1 | 400% | $210,000 | $124,950 | 68.1% |
| Marion | 79 | 66 | 19.7% | $206,000 | $183,900 | 12% |
| Lisbon | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $181,000 | $159,500 | 13.5% |
| Hiawatha | 10 | 13 | -23.1% | $167,500 | $185,000 | -9.5% |
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