From July through September of 2019, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $3,750 - a 91.7% decrease over the $45,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Roberts in the third quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Roberts for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $820, approximately 21.9% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Roberts to other Ford County cities in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson City | 19 | 25 | -24% | $103,000 | $97,000 | 6.2% |
| Paxton | 20 | 33 | -39.4% | $87,000 | $78,000 | 11.5% |
| Piper City | 3 | 2 | 50% | $57,000 | $75,000 | -24% |
| Sibley | 2 | 1 | 100% | $51,750 | $52,250 | -1% |
| Melvin | 1 | 5 | -80% | $37,500 | $19,000 | 97.4% |
| Roberts | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $3,750 | $45,000 | -91.7% |
| Elliott | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $90,000 | -100% |
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