From October through December of 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $185,000 - a 25% increase over the $148,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in St. Jacob in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in St. Jacob for 2017 was $3,596.68. In 2016, the median sales tax was $3,558. This marks an increase of 1.1%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 1.9%.
The following table compares St. Jacob to other Madison County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2017:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Carbon | 52 | 41 | 26.8% | $193,250 | $197,900 | -2.3% |
| Worden | 8 | 10 | -20% | $192,250 | $50,150 | 283.3% |
| Edwardsville | 116 | 107 | 8.4% | $188,500 | $196,000 | -3.8% |
| Holiday Shores | 8 | 7 | 14.3% | $188,250 | $140,000 | 34.5% |
| St. Jacob | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $185,000 | $148,000 | 25% |
| Maryville | 35 | 29 | 20.7% | $185,000 | $195,000 | -5.1% |
| Grantfork | 1 | 1 | 0% | $182,900 | $44,000 | 315.7% |
| Troy | 56 | 52 | 7.7% | $148,200 | $177,750 | -16.6% |
| Kendall Hill | 1 | 2 | -50% | $142,900 | $85,080 | 68% |
| Highland | 72 | 66 | 9.1% | $131,666.50 | $152,000 | -13.4% |
| Alhambra | 5 | 5 | 0% | $125,800 | $95,900 | 31.2% |
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