From January through June of 2018, there were 133 homes sold, with a median sale price of $85,000 - a 6.6% increase over the $79,700 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 164 homes sold in Jacksonville in the first half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Jacksonville for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $1,809, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2018.
The following table compares Jacksonville to other Morgan County cities in the first half of 2018:
| City | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson | 4 | 5 | -20% | $166,250 | $114,000 | 45.8% |
| Chapin | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $98,500 | $51,000 | 93.1% |
| South Jacksonville | 35 | 47 | -25.5% | $95,000 | $70,000 | 35.7% |
| Jacksonville | 133 | 164 | -18.9% | $85,000 | $79,700 | 6.6% |
| Franklin | 12 | 3 | 300% | $78,500 | $23,000 | 241.3% |
| Waverly | 20 | 16 | 25% | $76,500 | $51,000 | 50% |
| Murrayville | 8 | 3 | 166.7% | $70,000 | $52,500 | 33.3% |
| Concord | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $64,750 | $75,000 | -13.7% |
| Meredosia | 8 | 13 | -38.5% | $57,000 | $32,500 | 75.4% |
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