Data shows that there were 5,106 homes sold in September 2023, with a median sale price of $295,000 - a 5.4% increase over the $280,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 6,238 homes sold in Cook County in September 2022.
For context, the median sales tax in Cook County, based on the latest available data from 2022, was $5,508, which stands at 1.9% of September 2023's median home sale price.
The following histogram displays changes in median sales prices in Cook County from September 2022 to September 2023.