From January through March of 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $131,000 - a 17.2% decrease over the $158,200 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Lake of the Woods in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Lake of the Woods for 2017 was $3,174.94. In 2016, the median sales tax was $3,203.90. This marks an decrease of 0.9%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.4%.
The following table compares Lake of the Woods to other Champaign County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2017:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph | 21 | 23 | -8.7% | $155,000 | $150,000 | 3.3% |
| Savoy | 42 | 50 | -16% | $151,000 | $139,000 | 8.6% |
| Bondville | 1 | 1 | 0% | $145,000 | $70,000 | 107.1% |
| Tolono | 9 | 15 | -40% | $144,500 | $115,000 | 25.7% |
| Pesotum | 2 | 0 | - | $137,500 | $0 | - |
| Lake of the Woods | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $131,000 | $158,200 | -17.2% |
| Champaign | 302 | 333 | -9.3% | $130,875 | $127,900 | 2.3% |
| Dewey | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $130,075 | $34,000 | 282.6% |
| Homer | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $125,500 | $73,500 | 70.7% |
| Urbana | 129 | 131 | -1.5% | $112,500 | $125,000 | -10% |
| Fisher | 15 | 7 | 114.3% | $110,000 | $60,000 | 83.3% |
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