From July through September of 2019, there were 11 homes sold, with a median sale price of $188,000 - a 2.2% increase over the $184,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 21 homes sold in Mount Vernon in the third quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Mount Vernon for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,654, approximately 1.9% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Mount Vernon to other Linn County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ely | 12 | 11 | 9.1% | $278,800 | $289,000 | -3.5% |
| Walford | 1 | 1 | 0% | $245,000 | $230,000 | 6.5% |
| Palo | 14 | 12 | 16.7% | $233,500 | $208,000 | 12.3% |
| Alburnett | 2 | 1 | 100% | $229,950 | $155,000 | 48.4% |
| Lisbon | 14 | 19 | -26.3% | $206,490 | $139,500 | 48% |
| Mount Vernon | 11 | 21 | -47.6% | $188,000 | $184,000 | 2.2% |
| Marion | 255 | 312 | -18.3% | $170,000 | $175,750 | -3.3% |
| Hiawatha | 34 | 29 | 17.2% | $165,500 | $167,000 | -0.9% |
| Central City | 14 | 10 | 40% | $153,945 | $125,000 | 23.2% |
| Springville | 10 | 9 | 11.1% | $147,000 | $180,000 | -18.3% |
| Cedar Rapids | 747 | 776 | -3.7% | $144,500 | $143,450 | 0.7% |
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