In June 2021, there were 20 homes sold, with a median sale price of $173,500 - a 19.9% decrease over the $216,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 22 homes sold in Amherst in June 2020.
The median sales tax in Amherst for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $2,507, approximately 1.4% of the median home sale price for June 2021.
The following table compares Amherst to other Lorain County cities with similar median sale prices in June 2021:
| City | June 2021 Home Sales | June 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | June 2021 Median Sales Price | June 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $225,000 | $239,000 | -5.9% |
| Oberlin | 14 | 9 | 55.6% | $225,000 | $170,000 | 32.4% |
| Sheffield | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $219,000 | $230,000 | -4.8% |
| Columbia Station | 8 | 10 | -20% | $194,671 | $226,000 | -13.9% |
| LaGrange | 7 | 3 | 133.3% | $185,000 | $136,000 | 36% |
| Amherst | 20 | 22 | -9.1% | $173,500 | $216,500 | -19.9% |
| Sheffield Lake | 9 | 14 | -35.7% | $160,000 | $131,975 | 21.2% |
| Wellington | 9 | 9 | 0% | $152,500 | $215,000 | -29.1% |
| Elyria | 101 | 87 | 16.1% | $133,000 | $118,000 | 12.7% |
| Vermilion | 11 | 7 | 57.1% | $125,920 | $225,000 | -44% |
| Lorain | 118 | 125 | -5.6% | $97,500 | $69,500 | 40.3% |
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