From July through December of 2019, there were 39 homes sold, with a median sale price of $174,000 - a 0.8% decrease over the $175,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 34 homes sold in Black Earth in the second half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Black Earth for 2019 was $3,527. In 2018, the median sales tax was $3,206. This marks an increase of 10%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2%.
The following table compares Black Earth to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2019:
| City | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie | 510 | 500 | 2% | $255,500 | $250,250 | 2.1% |
| Cross Plains | 37 | 39 | -5.1% | $255,000 | $246,000 | 3.7% |
| Mount Horeb | 119 | 123 | -3.3% | $255,000 | $254,600 | 0.2% |
| Stoughton | 190 | 240 | -20.8% | $234,400 | $210,000 | 11.6% |
| Marshall | 54 | 52 | 3.8% | $219,950 | $219,000 | 0.4% |
| Deerfield | 46 | 42 | 9.5% | $217,750 | $225,750 | -3.5% |
| Mazomanie | 26 | 35 | -25.7% | $196,000 | $187,900 | 4.3% |
| Belleville | 25 | 16 | 56.3% | $186,900 | $179,500 | 4.1% |
| Cambridge | 37 | 30 | 23.3% | $175,000 | $187,450 | -6.6% |
| Black Earth | 39 | 34 | 14.7% | $174,000 | $175,450 | -0.8% |
| Blue Mounds | 9 | 16 | -43.8% | $168,000 | $268,500 | -37.4% |
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