In December 2018, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $26,000 - a 19.8% increase over the $21,700 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Madison in December 2017.
The median sales tax in Madison for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $716, approximately 2.8% of the median home sale price for December 2018.
The following table compares Madison to other Madison County cities with similar median sales prices in December 2018:
| City | Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grantfork | 1 | 0 | - | $84,900 | $0 | - |
| Pontoon Beach | 3 | 5 | -40% | $62,000 | $27,000 | 129.6% |
| Alton | 33 | 37 | -10.8% | $59,900 | $71,892 | -16.7% |
| Roxana | 6 | 0 | - | $57,500 | $0 | - |
| Granite City | 36 | 39 | -7.7% | $56,500 | $65,000 | -13.1% |
| South Roxana | 2 | 2 | 0% | $55,500 | $67,450 | -17.7% |
| Madison | 3 | 4 | -25% | $26,000 | $21,700 | 19.8% |
| Meadowbrook | 1 | 2 | -50% | $21,125 | $65,950 | -68% |
| East Alton | 7 | 11 | -36.4% | $20,000 | $68,000 | -70.6% |
| Hartford | 2 | 0 | - | $17,300 | $0 | - |
| Livingston | 2 | 1 | 100% | $14,750 | $35,000 | -57.9% |
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