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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Rock Island home prices rise in the second half of 2018

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The median sale price of a home sold in the second half of 2018 in Rock Island rose by $4,000 while total sales decreased by 86.5%, according to BlockShopper.com.

From July through December of 2018, there were 51 homes sold, with a median sale price of $89,000 - a 4.7% increase over the $85,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 377 homes sold in Rock Island in the second half of 2017.

The median sales tax in Rock Island for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,131, approximately 2.4% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2018.

The following table compares Rock Island to other Rock Island County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2018:

CityJuly - Dec. 2018 Home SalesJuly - Dec. 2017 Home Sales% change (Total Home Sales)July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales PriceJuly - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price% change (Median Sales Price)
Hampton925-64%$165,000$142,00016.2%
Cordova18-87.5%$128,000$164,950-22.4%
Milan1562-75.8%$116,000$112,0003.6%
Fruitland24-50%$115,750$96,50019.9%
Moline88478-81.6%$108,750$90,00020.8%
East Moline76185-58.9%$106,250$89,00019.4%
Silvis1661-73.8%$104,450$86,00021.5%
Rock Island51377-86.5%$89,000$85,0004.7%
Carbon Cliff113-92.3%$88,900$90,000-1.2%
Reynolds39-66.7%$65,000$43,00051.2%
Rapids City26-66.7%$36,500$238,250-84.7%

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