In April 2019, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $202,000 - a 21.9% increase over the $165,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Mount Vernon in April 2018.
The median sales tax in Mount Vernon for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,654, approximately 1.8% of the median home sale price for April 2019.
The following table compares Mount Vernon to other Linn County cities with similar median sales prices in April 2019:
| City | Apr. 2019 Home Sales | Apr. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Apr. 2019 Median Sales Price | Apr. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | 3 | 1 | 200% | $357,500 | $127,000 | 181.5% |
| Ely | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $282,450 | $122,500 | 130.6% |
| Walford | 3 | 0 | - | $262,900 | $0 | - |
| Walker | 1 | 2 | -50% | $257,500 | $63,000 | 308.7% |
| Robins | 4 | 4 | 0% | $207,500 | $305,000 | -32% |
| Mount Vernon | 3 | 4 | -25% | $202,000 | $165,750 | 21.9% |
| Marion | 77 | 88 | -12.5% | $183,000 | $153,200 | 19.5% |
| Lisbon | 5 | 5 | 0% | $182,500 | $187,000 | -2.4% |
| Palo | 1 | 5 | -80% | $175,000 | $215,000 | -18.6% |
| Fairfax | 12 | 7 | 71.4% | $174,250 | $155,000 | 12.4% |
| Hiawatha | 10 | 13 | -23.1% | $162,750 | $91,500 | 77.9% |
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