From July through December of 2018, there were 42 homes sold, with a median sale price of $164,500 - a 6% increase over the $155,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 66 homes sold in St. Joseph in the second half of 2017.
The median sales tax in St. Joseph for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,349, approximately 2% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2018.
The following table compares St. Joseph to other Champaign County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2018:
| City | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahomet | 128 | 153 | -16.3% | $223,900 | $215,000 | 4.1% |
| Glover | 1 | 4 | -75% | $220,000 | $291,500 | -24.5% |
| Lake of the Woods | 21 | 18 | 16.7% | $187,200 | $187,500 | -0.2% |
| Philo | 15 | 16 | -6.3% | $175,750 | $126,750 | 38.7% |
| Bondville | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $175,000 | $52,000 | 236.5% |
| St. Joseph | 42 | 66 | -36.4% | $164,500 | $155,250 | 6% |
| Champaign | 690 | 867 | -20.4% | $147,450 | $141,000 | 4.6% |
| Royal | 4 | 1 | 300% | $146,300 | $107,250 | 36.4% |
| Fisher | 19 | 27 | -29.6% | $140,000 | $128,500 | 8.9% |
| Gifford | 8 | 17 | -52.9% | $137,500 | $125,000 | 10% |
| Pesotum | 6 | 10 | -40% | $131,500 | $145,250 | -9.5% |
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