From January through March of 2018, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $176,000 - a 13.5% increase over the $155,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 21 homes sold in St. Joseph in the first quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in St. Joseph for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,348.50, approximately 1.9% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2018.
The following table compares St. Joseph to other Champaign County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2018:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glover | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $285,500 | $247,000 | 15.6% |
| Savoy | 25 | 42 | -40.5% | $230,500 | $151,000 | 52.6% |
| Mahomet | 32 | 58 | -44.8% | $224,750 | $207,500 | 8.3% |
| Lake of the Woods | 6 | 5 | 20% | $182,450 | $131,000 | 39.3% |
| St. Joseph | 9 | 21 | -57.1% | $176,000 | $155,000 | 13.5% |
| Champaign | 232 | 302 | -23.2% | $154,500 | $130,875 | 18.1% |
| Tolono | 9 | 9 | 0% | $138,000 | $144,500 | -4.5% |
| Urbana | 97 | 129 | -24.8% | $129,000 | $112,500 | 14.7% |
| Sidney | 5 | 7 | -28.6% | $116,250 | $70,000 | 66.1% |
| Philo | 5 | 7 | -28.6% | $112,500 | $169,500 | -33.6% |
| Homer | 6 | 4 | 50% | $112,000 | $125,500 | -10.8% |
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