From July to September, 50 homes sold in Wood River for a median price of $49,000. That's 37.2 percent lower than median home sale prices for the third quarter of 2017.
In the third quarter, there were no foreclosures in Wood River.
Median property tax for homeowners in Wood River was $1,793.07 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.3 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.
Wood River real estate: Q3 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
44
$80,998
-
2010
37
$85,500
5.6%
2011
45
$81,247
-5%
2012
43
$64,310
-20.8%
2013
39
$62,640
-2.6%
2014
50
$73,458
17.3%
2015
51
$77,380
5.3%
2016
57
$66,150
-14.5%
2017
36
$78,030
18%
2018
50
$49,000
-37.2%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$2,075.13
$80,998
2.6%
2010
$2,054.89
$85,500
2.4%
2011
$1,648.68
$81,247
2%
2012
$1,720.30
$64,310
2.7%
2013
$2,072.21
$62,640
3.3%
2014
$1,776.16
$73,458
2.4%
2015
$1,631.97
$77,380
2.1%
2016
$1,721.11
$66,150
2.6%
2017
$1,793.06
$78,030
2.3%