From July through September of 2020, there were 13 homes sold, with a median sale price of $234,000 - a 25.7% decrease over the $315,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were nine homes sold in Empire in the third quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Empire for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $3,441, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Empire to other Dakota County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2020:
| City | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | 98 | 164 | -40.2% | $303,500 | $272,000 | 11.6% |
| Burnsville | 211 | 300 | -29.7% | $298,000 | $275,000 | 8.4% |
| Northfield | 7 | 18 | -61.1% | $265,000 | $318,500 | -16.8% |
| Inver Grove Heights | 89 | 144 | -38.2% | $265,000 | $262,750 | 0.9% |
| Hastings | 91 | 139 | -34.5% | $260,000 | $239,900 | 8.4% |
| Apple Valley | 166 | 320 | -48.1% | $259,000 | $280,000 | -7.5% |
| Hampton | 12 | 8 | 50% | $255,250 | $276,500 | -7.7% |
| West St. Paul | 45 | 83 | -45.8% | $250,000 | $239,650 | 4.3% |
| Castle Rock | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $244,000 | $310,000 | -21.3% |
| South St. Paul | 67 | 107 | -37.4% | $240,000 | $228,001 | 5.3% |
| Empire | 13 | 9 | 44.4% | $234,000 | $315,000 | -25.7% |
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