Same thing in southern WI. Took me a couple months of keeping an eye on things to find a deal I was interested in. And it was still a bit of a gamble; we'll see how it plays out.
Seems really hard to find a high mpg car for anything reasonable. I noticed echo owners in particular seem to be asking a lot. Some close to twice the blue book value. :/
Example:
Blue book as described is $3700