From January through June of 2020, there were 17 homes sold, with a median sale price of $156,000 - a 18.6% decrease over the $191,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Epworth in the first half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Epworth for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,627, approximately 1.7% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2020.
The following table compares Epworth to other Dubuque County cities in the first half of 2020:
| City | Jan. - June 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peosta | 14 | 9 | 55.6% | $278,250 | $245,000 | 13.6% |
| Asbury | 24 | 43 | -44.2% | $275,500 | $255,000 | 8% |
| Farley | 20 | 11 | 81.8% | $166,500 | $147,000 | 13.3% |
| Cascade | 19 | 9 | 111.1% | $160,000 | $160,000 | 0% |
| Dubuque | 444 | 388 | 14.4% | $157,500 | $149,000 | 5.7% |
| Epworth | 17 | 8 | 112.5% | $156,000 | $191,750 | -18.6% |
| Dyersville | 38 | 31 | 22.6% | $141,500 | $135,000 | 4.8% |
| Holy Cross | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $141,000 | $122,500 | 15.1% |
| Worthington | 5 | 4 | 25% | $135,000 | $85,000 | 58.8% |
| New Vienna | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $75,000 | $120,000 | -37.5% |
| Luxemburg | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $102,000 | -100% |
| Balltown | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $100,000 | -100% |
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