The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2019 in Clayton in Kent County rose by $41,280 while total sales increased by 17.8%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through March of 2019, there were 53 homes sold, with a median sale price of $276,000 – a 17.6% increase over the $234,720 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 45 homes sold in Clayton in the first quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Clayton for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $555, approximately 0.2% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Clayton to other Kent County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2019:
| City | Jan. – Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. – Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. – Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. – Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quails Nest | 1 | 0 | – | $335,000 | $0 | – |
| Wind Song Farms | 3 | 2 | 50% | $334,284 | $296,677.50 | 12.7% |
| Dogwood Meadows | 1 | 2 | -50% | $313,397 | $240,000 | 30.6% |
| Village at Chestnut Ridge | 10 | 16 | -37.5% | $311,666 | $279,900 | 11.3% |
| Magnolia | 38 | 34 | 11.8% | $283,000 | $275,941.50 | 2.6% |
| Clayton | 53 | 45 | 17.8% | $276,000 | $234,720 | 17.6% |
| Garrison Lake Green | 8 | 5 | 60% | $274,400 | $245,000 | 12% |
| Hickory Ridge | 4 | 1 | 300% | $272,500 | $262,900 | 3.7% |
| Rising Sun-Lebanon | 20 | 15 | 33.3% | $272,500 | $300,000 | -9.2% |
| Cheswold | 1 | 2 | -50% | $263,000 | $241,540 | 8.9% |
| Viola | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $250,500 | $179,000 | 39.9% |
* This story only considers sales data for the part of Clayton that is in Kent County.
