From January to March, 180 homes sold in Evanston for a median price of $339,875. That's 4.1 percent higher than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, 13 homes in Evanston were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Evanston was $6,490.61 in 2016 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.1 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.
Evanston real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
83
$321,165
-
2010
132
$313,500
-2.4%
2011
145
$276,850
-11.7%
2012
161
$286,670
3.5%
2013
178
$243,000
-15.2%
2014
183
$316,940
30.4%
2015
157
$326,480
3%
2016
181
$315,000
-3.5%
2017
202
$326,400
3.6%
2018
180
$339,875
4.1%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$7,415.81
$321,165
2.3%
2010
$6,457.20
$313,500
2.1%
2011
$6,828.84
$276,850
2.5%
2012
$7,302.12
$286,670
2.5%
2013
$5,893.19
$243,000
2.4%
2014
$6,940.85
$316,940
2.2%
2015
$7,159.86
$326,480
2.2%
2016
$6,490.60
$315,000
2.1%
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