From January through June of 2019, there were 55 homes sold, with a median sale price of $155,000 - a 11.5% increase over the $139,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 75 homes sold in Monticello in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Monticello for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,553, approximately 1.6% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2019.
The following table compares Monticello 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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