In August 2021, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $553,500 - a 5.3% increase over the $525,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Lake Elmo in August 2020.
The median sales tax in Lake Elmo for the most recent year with available data, 2020, was $4,272, approximately 0.8% of the median home sale price for August 2021.
The following table compares Lake Elmo to other Washington County cities with similar median sale prices in August 2021:
| City | Aug. 2021 Home Sales | Aug. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Aug. 2021 Median Sales Price | Aug. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Village | 2 | 2 | 0% | $1,015,000 | $373,500 | 171.8% |
| Grant | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $880,000 | $394,400 | 123.1% |
| Scandia | 3 | 6 | -50% | $662,000 | $287,500 | 130.3% |
| Marine on St. Croix | 1 | 1 | 0% | $625,000 | $374,605 | 66.8% |
| Lake Elmo | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $553,500 | $525,450 | 5.3% |
| Mahtomedi | 6 | 6 | 0% | $537,500 | $434,000 | 23.8% |
| Afton | 4 | 5 | -20% | $499,950 | $509,000 | -1.8% |
| Stillwater | 23 | 21 | 9.5% | $498,000 | $460,000 | 8.3% |
| Forest Lake | 17 | 21 | -19% | $428,890 | $280,000 | 53.2% |
| Woodbury | 71 | 83 | -14.5% | $401,400 | $347,500 | 15.5% |
| Lakeland | 1 | 2 | -50% | $368,500 | $212,250 | 73.6% |
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