From January to March, 42 homes sold in Swansea for a median price of $148,500. That's 1.1 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, there were no foreclosures in Swansea.
Median property tax for homeowners in Swansea was $4,205.40 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.8 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.
Swansea real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
40
$551,948
-
2010
42
$135,375
-75.5%
2011
49
$181,365
34%
2012
55
$143,880
-20.7%
2013
36
$171,450
19.2%
2014
33
$156,350
-8.8%
2015
45
$145,750
-6.8%
2016
43
$150,150
3%
2017
41
$146,880
-2.2%
2018
42
$148,500
1.1%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2012
$3,369.10
$143,880
2.3%
2013
$3,626.95
$171,450
2.1%
2014
$3,818.79
$156,350
2.4%
2015
$3,817.37
$145,750
2.6%
2016
$4,205.39
$150,150
2.8%
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