From April to June, 31 homes sold in Hometown for a median price of $124,000. That's 18.6 percent higher than median home sale prices for the second quarter of 2017.
In the second quarter, 6 homes in Hometown were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Hometown was $3,806.11 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.6 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.2 percent, according to a 2017 property tax analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, ranking it second among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Hometown real estate: Q2 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
8
$161,168
-
2010
14
$105,735
-34.4%
2011
13
$96,050
-9.2%
2012
10
$76,845
-20%
2013
15
$65,880
-14.3%
2014
18
$78,440
19.1%
2015
13
$63,600
-18.9%
2016
15
$120,750
89.9%
2017
25
$104,550
-13.4%
2018
31
$124,000
18.6%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$2,852.77
$161,168
1.8%
2010
$2,865.76
$105,735
2.7%
2011
$3,625.74
$96,050
3.8%
2012
$3,521.35
$76,845
4.6%
2013
$3,050.55
$65,880
4.6%
2014
$3,228.44
$78,440
4.1%
2015
$3,129.55
$63,600
4.9%
2016
$3,322.32
$120,750
2.8%
2017
$3,806.10
$104,550
3.6%
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