From January through March of 2017, there were 79 homes sold, with a median sale price of $71,000 - a 26% decrease over the $96,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 96 homes sold in Pekin in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Pekin for the most recent year with available data, 2016, was $2,015.50, approximately 2.8% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2017.
The following table compares Pekin to other Tazewell County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2017:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek | 3 | 0 | - | $135,000 | $0 | - |
| Green Valley | 1 | 6 | -83.3% | $135,000 | $104,750 | 28.9% |
| East Peoria | 78 | 94 | -17% | $119,250 | $109,450 | 9% |
| Mackinaw | 4 | 10 | -60% | $115,825 | $149,000 | -22.3% |
| Delavan | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $107,500 | $90,500 | 18.8% |
| Marquette Heights | 14 | 5 | 180% | $88,250 | $63,000 | 40.1% |
| North Pekin | 6 | 8 | -25% | $87,500 | $54,000 | 62% |
| Pekin | 79 | 96 | -17.7% | $71,000 | $96,000 | -26% |
| South Pekin | 2 | 2 | 0% | $57,500 | $19,000 | 202.6% |
| Creve Coeur | 15 | 16 | -6.3% | $54,500 | $49,250 | 10.7% |
| Armington | 3 | 2 | 50% | $45,000 | $10,750 | 318.6% |
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