The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2022 in White Bear Lake in Ramsey County rose by $30,000 while total sales increased by 11.5 percent, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through June, there were 126 homes sold, with a median sale price of $335,000 – a 9.8 percent increase over the $305,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 113 homes sold in White Bear Lake in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in White Bear Lake for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $2,894, approximately 0.9 percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares White Bear Lake to other Ramsey County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2022:
| City | January – June 2022 Home Sales | January – June 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | January – June 2022 Median Sales Price | January – June 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreview | 116 | 112 | 3.6 | $392,500 | $365,550 | 7.4 |
| White Bear Township | 49 | 51 | -3.9 | $375,000 | $330,000 | 13.6 |
| Bellaire | 2 | 3 | -33.3 | $369,000 | $263,000 | 40.3 |
| New Brighton | 97 | 100 | -3 | $360,000 | $316,000 | 13.9 |
| Vadnais Heights | 61 | 56 | 8.9 | $350,000 | $280,500 | 24.8 |
| White Bear Lake | 126 | 113 | 11.5 | $335,000 | $305,000 | 9.8 |
| Mounds View | 59 | 49 | 20.4 | $335,000 | $260,000 | 28.8 |
| St. Anthony | 9 | 10 | -10 | $325,000 | $283,500 | 14.6 |
| Maplewood | 132 | 198 | -33.3 | $320,000 | $290,000 | 10.3 |
| Roseville | 196 | 165 | 18.8 | $319,950 | $298,000 | 7.4 |
| North St. Paul | 67 | 77 | -13 | $314,500 | $263,000 | 19.6 |
* This story only considers sales data for the part of White Bear Lake that is in Ramsey County.
