From October through December of 2017, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $40,000 - a 73% decrease over the $148,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Illinois City in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Illinois City for 2017 was $3,004.34. In 2016, the median sales tax was $3,091.50. This marks an decrease of 2.8%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 7.5%.
The following table compares Illinois City to other Rock Island County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2017:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Ridge | 6 | 13 | -53.8% | $112,500 | $152,000 | -26% |
| Carbon Cliff | 6 | 1 | 500% | $92,000 | $67,000 | 37.3% |
| Fruitland | 2 | 1 | 100% | $91,849.50 | $67,150 | 36.8% |
| Silvis | 31 | 18 | 72.2% | $88,000 | $86,000 | 2.3% |
| Moline | 215 | 164 | 31.1% | $87,000 | $92,500 | -5.9% |
| Rock Island | 165 | 146 | 13% | $85,000 | $77,750 | 9.3% |
| East Moline | 90 | 68 | 32.4% | $82,500 | $88,500 | -6.8% |
| Coyne Center | 3 | 3 | 0% | $63,000 | $38,000 | 65.8% |
| Illinois City | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $40,000 | $148,000 | -73% |
| Hillsdale | 2 | 5 | -60% | $39,047.50 | $56,500 | -30.9% |
| Reynolds | 4 | 4 | 0% | $38,000 | $62,500 | -39.2% |
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