From July through September of 2021, there were 39 homes sold, with a median sale price of $290,000 - a 4.3% increase over the $278,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 19 homes sold in Watertown in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Watertown for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $3,115, approximately 1.1% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Watertown to other Carver County cities in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 46 | 37 | 24.3% | $620,250 | $535,000 | 15.9% |
| Chanhassen | 157 | 112 | 40.2% | $474,000 | $390,000 | 21.5% |
| Carver | 25 | 32 | -21.9% | $435,000 | $368,450 | 18.1% |
| Waconia | 71 | 68 | 4.4% | $377,500 | $327,500 | 15.3% |
| Chaska | 125 | 89 | 40.4% | $360,000 | $315,100 | 14.2% |
| Cologne | 14 | 14 | 0% | $313,500 | $285,007.50 | 10% |
| Mayer | 6 | 15 | -60% | $295,000 | $295,000 | 0% |
| Hamburg | 2 | 2 | 0% | $290,750 | $390,500 | -25.5% |
| Watertown | 39 | 19 | 105.3% | $290,000 | $278,000 | 4.3% |
| Norwood Young America | 14 | 19 | -26.3% | $250,500 | $200,000 | 25.3% |
| New Germany | 2 | 8 | -75% | $202,655 | $221,000 | -8.3% |
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