From July through September, there were 232 homes sold, with a median sale price of $230,550 - a 12.6 percent increase over the $204,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 316 homes sold in Marion in the third quarter of 2021.
The median sales tax in Marion for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,258, approximately 1.4 percent of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2022.
The following table compares Marion to other Linn County cities with similar median sale prices in the third quarter of 2022:
City | July - September 2022 Home Sales | July - September 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - September 2022 Median Sales Price | July - September 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Walford | 3 | 0 | - | $313,500 | $0 | - |
Mount Vernon | 26 | 30 | -13.3 | $305,000 | $264,500 | 15.3 |
Ely | 14 | 13 | 7.7 | $293,475 | $298,900 | -1.8 |
Lisbon | 25 | 9 | 177.8 | $262,000 | $190,000 | 37.9 |
Hiawatha | 34 | 41 | -17.1 | $240,000 | $205,000 | 17.1 |
Marion | 232 | 316 | -26.6 | $230,550 | $204,750 | 12.6 |
Center Point | 11 | 25 | -56 | $229,900 | $242,000 | -5 |
Springville | 7 | 16 | -56.3 | $215,000 | $173,250 | 24.1 |
Central City | 9 | 11 | -18.2 | $199,900 | $125,000 | 59.9 |
Cedar Rapids | 596 | 859 | -30.6 | $167,000 | $156,500 | 6.7 |
Walker | 11 | 6 | 83.3 | $165,000 | $165,000 | 0 |