From July to September, 1 home sold in Benson for a price of $71,000. That's 28.9 percent higher than median home sale prices for the third quarter of 2017.
In the third quarter, there were no foreclosures in Benson.
Median property tax for homeowners in Benson was $1,869.54 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.4 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.
Benson real estate: Q3 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
2
$61,074
-
2010
1
$25,080
-58.9%
2011
2
$60,342
140.6%
2012
1
$142,489
136.1%
2013
1
$59,400
-58.3%
2015
3
$63,494
6.9%
2016
1
$80,031
26%
2017
3
$55,080
-31.2%
2018
1
$71,000
28.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2010
$1,167.38
$25,080
4.7%
2011
$1,741.20
$60,342
2.9%
2012
$1,988.66
$142,489
1.4%
2013
$1,847.51
$59,400
3.1%
2015
$736.93
$63,494
1.2%
2016
$2,046.61
$80,031
2.6%
2017
$1,869.53
$55,080
3.4%
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