From January to March, 30 homes sold in Wood River for a median price of $60,500. That's 8 percent lower than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, there were no foreclosures in Wood River.
Median property tax for homeowners in Wood River was $1,943.76 in 2017 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.
Wood River real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
40
$70,200
-
2010
32
$68,045
-3.1%
2011
30
$37,629
-44.7%
2012
38
$53,901
43.2%
2013
32
$55,026
2.1%
2014
40
$54,855
-0.3%
2015
31
$61,374
11.9%
2016
40
$63,000
2.6%
2017
44
$65,790
4.4%
2018
30
$60,500
-8%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$2,005.97
$70,200
2.9%
2010
$1,919.50
$68,045
2.8%
2011
$1,291.27
$37,629
3.4%
2012
$1,555.19
$53,901
2.9%
2013
$1,864.99
$55,026
3.4%
2014
$1,596.36
$54,855
2.9%
2015
$1,598.94
$61,374
2.6%
2016
$1,584.27
$63,000
2.5%
2017
$1,943.76
$65,790
3%