In March 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $425,500 - a 37.7% increase over the $308,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 15 homes sold in Lake Elmo in March 2016.
The median sales tax in Lake Elmo for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $3,756, approximately 0.9% of the median home sale price for March 2017.
The following table compares Lake Elmo to other Washington County cities with similar median sales prices in March 2017:
| City | Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Village | 2 | 1 | 100% | $1,010,000 | $225,000 | 348.9% |
| Dellwood | 2 | 1 | 100% | $1,007,500 | $532,000 | 89.4% |
| Grant | 1 | 4 | -75% | $640,000 | $491,000 | 30.3% |
| Pine Springs | 1 | 0 | - | $500,000 | $0 | - |
| Afton | 3 | 4 | -25% | $431,000 | $430,000 | 0.2% |
| Lake Elmo | 5 | 15 | -66.7% | $425,500 | $308,900 | 37.7% |
| Stillwater | 32 | 34 | -5.9% | $289,500 | $323,850 | -10.6% |
| Lake St. Croix Beach | 1 | 1 | 0% | $275,000 | $255,000 | 7.8% |
| Oak Park Heights | 5 | 9 | -44.4% | $274,900 | $63,189.88 | 335% |
| Mahtomedi | 12 | 4 | 200% | $267,500 | $267,000 | 0.2% |
| Woodbury | 95 | 97 | -2.1% | $266,500 | $225,000 | 18.4% |
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