From October through December of 2017, there were 16 homes sold, with a median sale price of $40,500 - a 12% decrease over the $46,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were nine homes sold in Georgetown in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Georgetown for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $987, approximately 2.4% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Georgetown to other Vermilion County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2017:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westville | 16 | 11 | 45.5% | $63,000 | $38,000 | 65.8% |
| Tilton | 8 | 14 | -42.9% | $55,750 | $40,500 | 37.7% |
| Fithian | 3 | 5 | -40% | $55,000 | $52,000 | 5.8% |
| Olivet | 1 | 1 | 0% | $52,000 | $16,500 | 215.2% |
| Hoopeston | 20 | 14 | 42.9% | $44,500 | $30,000 | 48.3% |
| Georgetown | 16 | 9 | 77.8% | $40,500 | $46,000 | -12% |
| Oakwood | 7 | 2 | 250% | $40,000 | $19,500 | 105.1% |
| Danville | 99 | 93 | 6.5% | $39,000 | $46,350 | -15.9% |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 200% | $37,000 | $25,000 | 48% |
| Henning | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $35,000 | $44,000 | -20.5% |
| Potomac | 3 | 1 | 200% | $24,000 | $115,000 | -79.1% |
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