From January through June of 2018, there were 19 homes sold, with a median sale price of $35,000 - a 39.1% decrease over the $57,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 24 homes sold in Carthage in the first half 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 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nauvoo | 6 | 12 | -50% | $76,000 | $72,500 | 4.8% |
| Hamilton | 17 | 13 | 30.8% | $75,000 | $60,000 | 25% |
| Warsaw | 10 | 8 | 25% | $56,000 | $67,750 | -17.3% |
| Bowen | 4 | 5 | -20% | $49,000 | $23,000 | 113% |
| Carthage | 19 | 24 | -20.8% | $35,000 | $57,500 | -39.1% |
| Dallas City | 1 | 2 | -50% | $34,000 | $74,250 | -54.2% |
| La Harpe | 11 | 9 | 22.2% | $30,000 | $40,000 | -25% |
| Augusta | 4 | 1 | 300% | $28,750 | $52,000 | -44.7% |
| Plymouth | 4 | 1 | 300% | $13,750 | $38,000 | -63.8% |
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