From January through March of 2021, there were 15 homes sold, with a median sale price of $275,000 - a 8.8% decrease over the $301,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 11 homes sold in Watertown in the first quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Watertown for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $3,115, approximately 1.1% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Watertown to other Carver County cities in the first quarter of 2021:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 25 | 23 | 8.7% | $514,900 | $365,000 | 41.1% |
| Chanhassen | 63 | 72 | -12.5% | $485,000 | $361,750 | 34.1% |
| Carver | 19 | 16 | 18.8% | $415,000 | $320,000 | 29.7% |
| Waconia | 35 | 41 | -14.6% | $348,000 | $326,500 | 6.6% |
| Cologne | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $342,450 | $278,720 | 22.9% |
| Mayer | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $329,000 | $255,742 | 28.6% |
| Hamburg | 2 | 5 | -60% | $314,500 | $200,000 | 57.3% |
| Chaska | 61 | 80 | -23.8% | $288,000 | $286,125 | 0.7% |
| Watertown | 15 | 11 | 36.4% | $275,000 | $301,500 | -8.8% |
| Norwood Young America | 10 | 9 | 11.1% | $235,450 | $186,000 | 26.6% |
| New Germany | 2 | 1 | 100% | $50,000 | $385,000 | -87% |
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