From October through December of 2018, there were four homes sold, with a median sale price of $76,000 - a 46.9% increase over the $51,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were two homes sold in Wataga in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Wataga for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,433, approximately 1.9% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Wataga to other Knox County cities in the fourth quarter of 2018:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Run | 9 | 7 | 28.6% | $251,500 | $162,500 | 54.8% |
| Knoxville | 9 | 5 | 80% | $106,000 | $36,000 | 194.4% |
| Oneida | 5 | 5 | 0% | $96,000 | $33,000 | 190.9% |
| Yates City | 2 | 4 | -50% | $76,500 | $70,000 | 9.3% |
| Wataga | 4 | 2 | 100% | $76,000 | $51,750 | 46.9% |
| Henderson | 1 | 1 | 0% | $73,000 | $57,000 | 28.1% |
| Williamsfield | 2 | 4 | -50% | $71,500 | $33,250 | 115% |
| Galesburg | 133 | 114 | 16.7% | $59,000 | $59,750 | -1.3% |
| Altona | 6 | 3 | 100% | $53,950 | $36,000 | 49.9% |
| East Galesburg | 5 | 1 | 400% | $35,000 | $32,000 | 9.4% |
| Abingdon | 13 | 13 | 0% | $30,000 | $52,000 | -42.3% |
| Dahinda | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $83,000 | -100% |
| Rio | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $35,000 | -100% |
| Gilson | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Maquon | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $53,750 | -100% |
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