From January to March, 5 homes sold in New Athens for a median price of $41,500. That's 34.5 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, there were no foreclosures in New Athens.
Median property tax for homeowners in New Athens was $1,787.16 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
New Athens real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
6
$419,445
-
2010
4
$109,440
-73.9%
2011
5
$65,540
-40.1%
2012
8
$93,740
43%
2013
5
$83,160
-11.3%
2014
3
$68,900
-17.1%
2015
10
$53,795
-21.9%
2016
3
$60,375
12.2%
2017
6
$30,855
-48.9%
2018
5
$41,500
34.5%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2012
$2,197.58
$93,740
2.3%
2013
$1,898.57
$83,160
2.3%
2014
$1,914.40
$68,900
2.8%
2015
$2,005.82
$53,795
3.7%
2016
$1,787.16
$60,375
3%
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