From April to June, 148 homes sold in Alton for a median price of $58,001. That's 15.1 percent lower than median home sale prices for the second quarter of 2017.
In the second quarter, there were no foreclosures in Alton.
Median property tax for homeowners in Alton was $1,977.62 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.9 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.2 percent, according to a 2017 property tax analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, ranking it second among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Alton real estate: Q2 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
127
$74,880
-
2010
131
$61,674
-17.6%
2011
82
$55,483
-10%
2012
80
$64,801
16.8%
2013
99
$64,692
-0.2%
2014
102
$53,530
-17.3%
2015
120
$60,278
12.6%
2016
139
$57,750
-4.2%
2017
137
$68,340
18.3%
2018
148
$58,001
-15.1%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$1,912.76
$74,880
2.6%
2010
$1,455.43
$61,674
2.4%
2011
$1,667.88
$55,483
3%
2012
$1,536.35
$64,801
2.4%
2013
$1,641.16
$64,692
2.5%
2014
$1,428.88
$53,530
2.7%
2015
$1,862.14
$60,278
3.1%
2016
$1,873.87
$57,750
3.2%
2017
$1,977.61
$68,340
2.9%
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