From January through June, there were 193 homes sold, with a median sale price of $353,000 - a 10.3 percent increase over the $320,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 211 homes sold in Cottage Grove in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in Cottage Grove for the most recent year with available data, 2020, was $3,514, approximately one percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares Cottage Grove to other Washington County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2022:
| City | January - June 2022 Home Sales | January - June 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | January - June 2022 Median Sales Price | January - June 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandia | 9 | 20 | -55 | $402,000 | $508,250 | -20.9 |
| Mahtomedi | 48 | 43 | 11.6 | $398,750 | $400,000 | -0.3 |
| Woodbury | 457 | 538 | -15.1 | $394,000 | $370,000 | 6.5 |
| Lakeland | 14 | 14 | 0 | $382,500 | $300,299 | 27.4 |
| Willernie | 5 | 9 | -44.4 | $355,000 | $217,000 | 63.6 |
| Cottage Grove | 193 | 211 | -8.5 | $353,000 | $320,000 | 10.3 |
| Bayport | 18 | 22 | -18.2 | $351,500 | $343,750 | 2.3 |
| Oak Park Heights | 28 | 25 | 12 | $340,000 | $283,000 | 20.1 |
| Forest Lake | 120 | 140 | -14.3 | $324,500 | $302,500 | 7.3 |
| Newport | 32 | 20 | 60 | $300,000 | $296,250 | 1.3 |
| Hugo | 129 | 122 | 5.7 | $295,000 | $267,805 | 10.2 |
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