From January through June of 2021, there were 14 homes sold, with a median sale price of $105,250 - a 29.1% increase over the $81,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 16 homes sold in Cerro Gordo in the first half of 2020.
The median sales tax in Cerro Gordo for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $1,792, approximately 1.7% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2021.
The following table compares Cerro Gordo to other Piatt County cities in the first half of 2021:
| City | Jan. - June 2021 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Heath | 6 | 1 | 500% | $154,000 | $113,000 | 36.3% |
| Monticello | 74 | 65 | 13.8% | $152,361.50 | $165,000 | -7.7% |
| Cerro Gordo | 14 | 16 | -12.5% | $105,250 | $81,500 | 29.1% |
| Mansfield | 8 | 11 | -27.3% | $103,500 | $97,000 | 6.7% |
| Atwood | 10 | 4 | 150% | $97,700 | $25,050.50 | 290% |
| Bement | 19 | 9 | 111.1% | $92,900 | $65,000 | 42.9% |
| Hammond | 6 | 4 | 50% | $82,000 | $58,950 | 39.1% |
| De Land | 3 | 0 | - | $81,000 | $0 | - |
| Cisco | 4 | 1 | 300% | $79,950 | $138,500 | -42.3% |
| LaPlace | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $40,000 | $22,000 | 81.8% |
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