From January to March, 162 homes sold in Austin for a median price of $132,250. That's 22.9 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 40 homes in Austin were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Austin was $3,096.48 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.5 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.
Austin real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
115
$58,500
-
2010
158
$46,170
-21.1%
2011
114
$52,828
14.4%
2012
97
$52,865
0.1%
2013
110
$50,220
-5%
2014
108
$62,275
24%
2015
113
$84,800
36.2%
2016
134
$87,938
3.7%
2017
140
$107,610
22.4%
2018
162
$132,250
22.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$3,286.69
$58,500
5.6%
2010
$3,340.81
$46,170
7.2%
2011
$3,211.12
$52,828
6.1%
2012
$2,863.32
$52,865
5.4%
2013
$2,963.70
$50,220
5.9%
2014
$2,787.69
$62,275
4.5%
2015
$2,968.75
$84,800
3.5%
2016
$3,096.47
$87,938
3.5%
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