From October through December of 2019, there were 69 homes sold, with a median sale price of $146,000 - a 17.6% decrease over the $177,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 72 homes sold in Morton in the fourth quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Morton for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $3,907, approximately 2.7% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Morton to other Tazewell County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2019:
City | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Tremont | 14 | 19 | -26.3% | $174,750 | $155,000 | 12.7% |
Washington | 76 | 87 | -12.6% | $172,629 | $135,000 | 27.9% |
Morton | 69 | 72 | -4.2% | $146,000 | $177,250 | -17.6% |
Minier | 11 | 6 | 83.3% | $137,000 | $90,000 | 52.2% |
Heritage Lake | 8 | 5 | 60% | $136,500 | $180,000 | -24.2% |
Deer Creek | 5 | 2 | 150% | $130,000 | $94,000 | 38.3% |
Mackinaw | 17 | 8 | 112.5% | $128,500 | $161,450 | -20.4% |
Green Valley | 8 | 5 | 60% | $124,450 | $139,587 | -10.8% |
East Peoria | 108 | 94 | 14.9% | $124,000 | $113,750 | 9% |
Hopedale | 10 | 5 | 100% | $117,250 | $125,000 | -6.2% |
Pekin | 141 | 143 | -1.4% | $89,900 | $87,000 | 3.3% |