From July through December of 2020, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $390,000 - a 8.3% increase over the $360,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 19 homes sold in Birchwood Village in the second half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Birchwood Village for 2020 was $4,360. In 2019, the median sales tax was $3,576. This marks an increase of 21.9%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.1%.
The following table compares Birchwood Village to other Washington County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2020:
| City | July - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 6 | 10 | -40% | $515,500 | $573,750 | -10.2% |
| Afton | 23 | 14 | 64.3% | $509,000 | $501,000 | 1.6% |
| Lake Elmo | 38 | 42 | -9.5% | $499,950 | $481,074 | 3.9% |
| St. Marys Point | 1 | 1 | 0% | $450,000 | $191,000 | 135.6% |
| Grant | 24 | 32 | -25% | $441,000 | $536,250 | -17.8% |
| Birchwood Village | 7 | 19 | -63.2% | $390,000 | $360,000 | 8.3% |
| Bayport | 14 | 26 | -46.2% | $387,750 | $262,500 | 47.7% |
| Scandia | 22 | 26 | -15.4% | $377,500 | $350,000 | 7.9% |
| Marine on St. Croix | 1 | 7 | -85.7% | $374,605 | $550,000 | -31.9% |
| Mahtomedi | 36 | 53 | -32.1% | $371,750 | $380,000 | -2.2% |
| Stillwater | 133 | 240 | -44.6% | $365,000 | $342,500 | 6.6% |
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