From January to March, 29 homes sold in Rantoul for a median price of $84,000. That's 83 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, there were no foreclosures in Rantoul.
Median property tax for homeowners in Rantoul was $1,476.41 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.2 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
Rantoul real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
30
$61,133
-
2010
28
$77,805
27.3%
2011
33
$42,940
-44.8%
2012
28
$45,235
5.3%
2013
31
$52,920
17%
2014
38
$31,800
-39.9%
2015
38
$49,290
55%
2016
44
$44,376
-10%
2017
55
$45,900
3.4%
2018
29
$84,000
83%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$1,714.14
$61,133
2.8%
2010
$1,866.75
$77,805
2.4%
2011
$1,858.85
$42,940
4.3%
2012
$1,677.57
$45,235
3.7%
2013
$2,221.34
$52,920
4.2%
2014
$2,055.13
$31,800
6.5%
2015
$2,313.30
$49,290
4.7%
2016
$1,426.74
$44,376
3.2%
2017
$1,476.40
$45,900
3.2%