From July through December of 2021, there were 19 homes sold, with a median sale price of $165,000 - a 23.6% increase over the $133,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 24 homes sold in South Amherst in the second half of 2020.
The median sales tax in South Amherst for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,712, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2021.
The following table compares South Amherst to other Lorain County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2021:
| City | July - Dec. 2021 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Station | 75 | 61 | 23% | $200,000 | $260,000 | -23.1% |
| Grafton | 68 | 70 | -2.9% | $194,000 | $208,000 | -6.7% |
| Amherst | 176 | 142 | 23.9% | $190,000 | $180,000 | 5.6% |
| Brentwood Lake | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $185,000 | $158,500 | 16.7% |
| Wellington | 102 | 71 | 43.7% | $175,000 | $180,000 | -2.8% |
| South Amherst | 19 | 24 | -20.8% | $165,000 | $133,500 | 23.6% |
| Laporte | 3 | 2 | 50% | $155,000 | $146,750 | 5.6% |
| Sheffield Lake | 130 | 86 | 51.2% | $150,000 | $134,900 | 11.2% |
| Vermilion | 92 | 84 | 9.5% | $149,950 | $150,700 | -0.5% |
| Eaton Estates | 19 | 13 | 46.2% | $128,295 | $124,500 | 3% |
| Elyria | 688 | 574 | 19.9% | $126,000 | $115,000 | 9.6% |
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