In December 2019, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $210,000 - a 13.8% decrease over the $243,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Ely in December 2018.
The median sales tax in Ely for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,269, approximately 1.6% of the median home sale price for December 2019.
The following table compares Ely to other Linn County cities with similar median sales prices in December 2019:
| City | Dec. 2019 Home Sales | Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robins | 2 | 2 | 0% | $316,000 | $394,250 | -19.8% |
| Fairfax | 8 | 5 | 60% | $226,750 | $115,000 | 97.2% |
| Center Point | 8 | 5 | 60% | $222,500 | $170,000 | 30.9% |
| Mount Vernon | 4 | 2 | 100% | $220,750 | $234,950 | -6% |
| Ely | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $210,000 | $243,500 | -13.8% |
| Walford | 1 | 0 | - | $177,000 | $0 | - |
| Marion | 72 | 62 | 16.1% | $163,250 | $162,500 | 0.5% |
| Cedar Rapids | 179 | 186 | -3.8% | $152,000 | $129,750 | 17.1% |
| Walker | 1 | 1 | 0% | $150,000 | $130,000 | 15.4% |
| Lisbon | 3 | 2 | 50% | $139,500 | $272,450 | -48.8% |
| Hiawatha | 8 | 6 | 33.3% | $134,250 | $185,000 | -27.4% |
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