From January through March of 2019, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $38,505 - a 38.4% decrease over the $62,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 125 homes sold in Alton in the first quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Alton for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,537, approximately 4% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Alton to other Madison County cities in the first quarter of 2019:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Carbon | 1 | 39 | -97.4% | $193,000 | $194,000 | -0.5% |
| Godfrey | 2 | 64 | -96.9% | $155,750 | $129,750 | 20% |
| Highland | 1 | 38 | -97.4% | $136,000 | $108,500 | 25.3% |
| Collinsville | 3 | 79 | -96.2% | $45,000 | $113,000 | -60.2% |
| Alton | 3 | 125 | -97.6% | $38,505 | $62,500 | -38.4% |
| Madison | 1 | 11 | -90.9% | $20,000 | $19,000 | 5.3% |
| Worden | 1 | 4 | -75% | $10,600 | $106,000 | -90% |
| Meadowbrook | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $112,000 | -100% |
| Edwardsville | 0 | 74 | -100% | $0 | $184,950 | -100% |
| Cedar Park | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $129,000 | -100% |
| Pontoon Beach | 0 | 17 | -100% | $0 | $50,000 | -100% |
| Hamel | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $125,000 | -100% |
| Roxana | 0 | 6 | -100% | $0 | $67,689.50 | -100% |
| East Alton | 0 | 25 | -100% | $0 | $18,500 | -100% |
| State Park Place | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $3,000 | -100% |
| Dorsey | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Venice | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $4,750 | -100% |
| Kendall Hill | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $180,000 | -100% |
| Alhambra | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $112,000 | -100% |
| Forest Homes | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Lakeview Acres | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Moro | 0 | 7 | -100% | $0 | $132,500 | -100% |
| Holiday Shores | 0 | 14 | -100% | $0 | $139,250 | -100% |
| New Douglas | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Wood River | 0 | 30 | -100% | $0 | $60,500 | -100% |
| Rosewood Heights | 0 | 16 | -100% | $0 | $79,820 | -100% |
| Brooks | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $67,500 | -100% |
| Livingston | 0 | 4 | -100% | $0 | $74,000 | -100% |
| St. Jacob | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $54,000 | -100% |
| Grantfork | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $185,000 | -100% |
| Granite City | 0 | 136 | -100% | $0 | $50,000 | -100% |
| South Roxana | 0 | 6 | -100% | $0 | $43,750 | -100% |
| Maryville | 0 | 20 | -100% | $0 | $180,750 | -100% |
| Marine | 0 | 5 | -100% | $0 | $123,000 | -100% |
| Bethalto | 0 | 40 | -100% | $0 | $84,950 | -100% |
| Mitchell | 0 | 5 | -100% | $0 | $71,500 | -100% |
| Troy | 0 | 36 | -100% | $0 | $149,950 | -100% |
| Hartford | 0 | 7 | -100% | $0 | $37,000 | -100% |
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