From January through June of 2019, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $15,500 - a 40.3% decrease over the $25,960 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in LaPlace in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in LaPlace for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,106, approximately 7.1% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2019.
The following table compares LaPlace to other Piatt County cities in the first half of 2019:
| City | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello | 55 | 75 | -26.7% | $155,000 | $139,000 | 11.5% |
| Mansfield | 8 | 9 | -11.1% | $116,750 | $68,500 | 70.4% |
| White Heath | 1 | 2 | -50% | $115,000 | $80,750 | 42.4% |
| Atwood | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $91,000 | $48,500 | 87.6% |
| De Land | 5 | 5 | 0% | $73,000 | $66,000 | 10.6% |
| Bement | 11 | 15 | -26.7% | $68,000 | $48,900 | 39.1% |
| Cerro Gordo | 14 | 13 | 7.7% | $67,500 | $61,250 | 10.2% |
| Hammond | 2 | 10 | -80% | $35,250 | $86,000 | -59% |
| Cisco | 2 | 2 | 0% | $16,000 | $62,250 | -74.3% |
| LaPlace | 2 | 4 | -50% | $15,500 | $25,959.50 | -40.3% |
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