From January through March of 2017, there were 55 homes sold, with a median sale price of $78,500 - a 4.7% increase over the $75,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 60 homes sold in Jacksonville in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Jacksonville for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $1,808.90, approximately 2.3% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Jacksonville to other Morgan County cities in the first quarter of 2017:
City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Woodson | 5 | 2 | 150% | $114,000 | $40,000 | 185% |
Murrayville | 1 | 1 | 0% | $89,000 | $62,500 | 42.4% |
Jacksonville | 55 | 60 | -8.3% | $78,500 | $75,000 | 4.7% |
South Jacksonville | 19 | 7 | 171.4% | $70,000 | $119,000 | -41.2% |
Waverly | 6 | 3 | 100% | $41,250 | $67,000 | -38.4% |
Meredosia | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $18,000 | $15,000 | 20% |
Chapin | 1 | 1 | 0% | $15,000 | $30,000 | -50% |
Concord | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $62,100 | -100% |
Franklin | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $77,000 | -100% |