From January to March, 69 homes sold in Jefferson Park for a median price of $288,000. That's 6.4 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 5 homes in Jefferson Park were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Jefferson Park was $5,317.12 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
Jefferson Park real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
32
$292,500
-
2010
50
$273,600
-6.5%
2011
53
$231,650
-15.3%
2012
48
$184,210
-20.5%
2013
66
$182,466
-0.9%
2014
70
$232,670
27.5%
2015
64
$247,775
6.5%
2016
54
$259,613
4.8%
2017
74
$270,555
4.2%
2018
69
$288,000
6.4%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$5,198.01
$292,500
1.8%
2010
$5,186.93
$273,600
1.9%
2011
$5,150.15
$231,650
2.2%
2012
$4,247.47
$184,210
2.3%
2013
$4,177.18
$182,466
2.3%
2014
$4,337.11
$232,670
1.9%
2015
$4,683.54
$247,775
1.9%
2016
$5,317.12
$259,613
2%