From July through December of 2019, there were six homes sold, with a median sale price of $64,500 - a 23% decrease over the $83,737 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Yates City in the second half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Yates City for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,968, approximately 3.1% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2019.
The following table compares Yates City to other Knox County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2019:
| City | July - Dec. 2019 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsfield | 7 | 5 | 40% | $92,000 | $87,500 | 5.1% |
| East Galesburg | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $85,000 | $53,000 | 60.4% |
| Knoxville | 26 | 25 | 4% | $84,000 | $89,900 | -6.6% |
| Henderson | 5 | 2 | 150% | $80,000 | $80,250 | -0.3% |
| Galesburg | 222 | 278 | -20.1% | $78,000 | $66,000 | 18.2% |
| Oneida | 6 | 10 | -40% | $74,500 | $88,750 | -16.1% |
| Yates City | 6 | 3 | 100% | $64,500 | $83,737 | -23% |
| Abingdon | 30 | 26 | 15.4% | $64,250 | $42,500 | 51.2% |
| Wataga | 12 | 7 | 71.4% | $48,500 | $75,000 | -35.3% |
| Altona | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | $46,000 | $59,900 | -23.2% |
| Maquon | 6 | 3 | 100% | $8,750 | $30,000 | -70.8% |
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