From January through March of 2020, there were 21 homes sold, with a median sale price of $112,500 - a 13.3% decrease over the $129,827 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 17 homes sold in Hiawatha in the first quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Hiawatha for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,889, approximately 2.6% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Hiawatha to other Linn County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2020:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo | 13 | 7 | 85.7% | $189,000 | $135,500 | 39.5% |
| Springville | 9 | 4 | 125% | $181,000 | $218,000 | -17% |
| Mount Vernon | 10 | 8 | 25% | $177,500 | $207,350 | -14.4% |
| Marion | 150 | 163 | -8% | $168,000 | $168,000 | 0% |
| Central City | 6 | 2 | 200% | $144,750 | $62,850 | 130.3% |
| Cedar Rapids | 512 | 496 | 3.2% | $136,750 | $131,000 | 4.4% |
| Center Point | 8 | 13 | -38.5% | $128,500 | $130,000 | -1.2% |
| Coggon | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $120,000 | $118,500 | 1.3% |
| Hiawatha | 21 | 17 | 23.5% | $112,500 | $129,827 | -13.3% |
| Walker | 3 | 5 | -40% | $83,300 | $122,000 | -31.7% |
| Lisbon | 8 | 12 | -33.3% | $77,000 | $144,250 | -46.6% |
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