From July through September of 2018, there were 131 homes sold, with a median sale price of $188,000 - a 3.4% increase over the $181,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 166 homes sold in Wheeling in the third quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Wheeling for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,333, approximately 2.3% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Wheeling to other Cook County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2018:
| City | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank | 115 | 113 | 1.8% | $195,000 | $188,000 | 3.7% |
| Stickney | 22 | 21 | 4.8% | $195,000 | $207,500 | -6% |
| Melrose Park | 81 | 91 | -11% | $195,000 | $185,000 | 5.4% |
| Justice | 39 | 35 | 11.4% | $190,000 | $165,000 | 15.2% |
| Streamwood | 213 | 252 | -15.5% | $190,000 | $187,000 | 1.6% |
| Wheeling | 131 | 166 | -21.1% | $188,000 | $181,750 | 3.4% |
| Elmhurst | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $188,000 | $220,000 | -14.5% |
| Lyons | 39 | 35 | 11.4% | $185,000 | $155,000 | 19.4% |
| Evergreen Park | 86 | 80 | 7.5% | $182,000 | $183,750 | -1% |
| Oak Forest | 155 | 122 | 27% | $181,000 | $182,250 | -0.7% |
| Elgin | 113 | 104 | 8.7% | $178,000 | $167,250 | 6.4% |
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