In August 2020, there were six homes sold, with a median sale price of $192,500 - a 10.6% increase over the $174,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were nine homes sold in Black Earth in August 2019.
The median sales tax in Black Earth for 2020 was $3,835. In 2019, the median sales tax was $3,527. This marks an increase of 8.7%. 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 August 2020:
| City | Aug. 2020 Home Sales | Aug. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Aug. 2020 Median Sales Price | Aug. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie | 102 | 98 | 4.1% | $280,000 | $256,186 | 9.3% |
| Stoughton | 39 | 39 | 0% | $275,000 | $216,800 | 26.8% |
| Windsor | 29 | 27 | 7.4% | $267,200 | $258,200 | 3.5% |
| Marshall | 10 | 6 | 66.7% | $257,288.50 | $225,550 | 14.1% |
| Cross Plains | 13 | 12 | 8.3% | $255,000 | $214,000 | 19.2% |
| Mazomanie | 2 | 0 | - | $243,350 | $0 | - |
| Brooklyn | 4 | 4 | 0% | $215,700 | $227,500 | -5.2% |
| Cambridge | 5 | 9 | -44.4% | $210,000 | $239,955 | -12.5% |
| Deerfield | 8 | 8 | 0% | $208,800 | $240,500 | -13.2% |
| Black Earth | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | $192,500 | $174,000 | 10.6% |
| Belleville | 12 | 1 | 1100% | $184,000 | $194,500 | -5.4% |
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