From January through March of 2018, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $35,000 - a 36.4% decrease over the $55,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were nine homes sold in Carthage in the first quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Carthage for 2018 was $1,578. In 2017, the median sales tax was $1,629. This marks an decrease of 3.1%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 4.5%.
The following table compares Carthage to other Hancock County cities in the first quarter of 2018:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 8 | 5 | 60% | $66,500 | $90,000 | -26.1% |
| Nauvoo | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $62,500 | $90,000 | -30.6% |
| La Harpe | 6 | 1 | 500% | $47,500 | $63,500 | -25.2% |
| Warsaw | 4 | 1 | 300% | $46,000 | $68,000 | -32.4% |
| Bowen | 2 | 4 | -50% | $41,000 | $31,500 | 30.2% |
| Carthage | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $35,000 | $55,000 | -36.4% |
| Dallas City | 1 | 1 | 0% | $34,000 | $33,500 | 1.5% |
| Augusta | 2 | 0 | - | $28,500 | $0 | - |
| Plymouth | 1 | 0 | - | $7,500 | $0 | - |
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