In October 2018, there were 10 homes sold, with a median sale price of $78,150 - a 68.6% increase over the $46,339 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 23 homes sold in Wood River in October 2017.
The median sales tax in Wood River for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,574, approximately 2% of the median home sale price for October 2018.
The following table compares Wood River to other Madison County cities with similar median sales prices in October 2018:
| City | Oct. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewood Heights | 10 | 4 | 150% | $96,500 | $87,500 | 10.3% |
| Collinsville | 41 | 43 | -4.7% | $94,900 | $83,900 | 13.1% |
| Brooks | 1 | 0 | - | $93,000 | $0 | - |
| Meadowbrook | 3 | 0 | - | $83,500 | $0 | - |
| Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0% | $82,000 | $75,900 | 8% |
| Wood River | 10 | 23 | -56.5% | $78,150 | $46,338.58 | 68.6% |
| Roxana | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $75,575 | $76,000 | -0.6% |
| Alton | 43 | 36 | 19.4% | $63,500 | $72,750 | -12.7% |
| Granite City | 44 | 37 | 18.9% | $52,950 | $57,053 | -7.2% |
| Forest Homes | 3 | 0 | - | $46,794 | $0 | - |
| East Alton | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $46,500 | $53,150 | -12.5% |
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