In July 2017, there were 46 homes sold, with a median sale price of $61,500 - a 37.4% increase over the $44,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 42 homes sold in Alton in July 2016.
The median sales tax in Alton for 2017 was $1,537. In 2016, the median sales tax was $1,453. This marks an increase of 5.8%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.5%.
The following table compares Alton to other Madison County cities with similar median sales prices in July 2017:
| City | July 2017 Home Sales | July 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July 2017 Median Sales Price | July 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewood Heights | 4 | 8 | -50% | $91,061.63 | $98,750 | -7.8% |
| Wood River | 14 | 21 | -33.3% | $85,450 | $55,000 | 55.4% |
| Worden | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $77,000 | $10,500 | 633.3% |
| Granite City | 39 | 54 | -27.8% | $75,000 | $51,750 | 44.9% |
| Roxana | 2 | 1 | 100% | $65,500 | $58,200 | 12.5% |
| Alton | 46 | 42 | 9.5% | $61,500 | $44,750 | 37.4% |
| Pontoon Beach | 4 | 5 | -20% | $52,500 | $163,000 | -67.8% |
| Alhambra | 1 | 2 | -50% | $48,000 | $133,750 | -64.1% |
| Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0% | $45,000 | $60,000 | -25% |
| Cedar Park | 1 | 0 | - | $41,000 | $0 | - |
| New Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0% | $40,000 | $174,000 | -77% |
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