From October to December, 4 homes sold in Lerna for a median price of $47,500. That's 37 percent higher than median home sale prices for the fourth quarter of 2017.
In the fourth quarter, there were no foreclosures in Lerna.
Median property tax for homeowners in Lerna was $682.32 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.2 percent, according to a 2017 property tax analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, ranking it second among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Lerna real estate: Q4 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
5
$53,820
-
2011
2
$207,948
286.4%
2012
3
$162,955
-21.6%
2013
2
$93,042
-42.9%
2014
2
$86,390
-7.1%
2015
2
$17,490
-79.8%
2016
2
$51,713
195.7%
2017
2
$34,680
-32.9%
2018
4
$47,500
37%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$1,353.04
$53,820
2.5%
2011
$3,936.77
$207,948
1.9%
2012
$3,308.21
$162,955
2%
2013
$1,971.72
$93,042
2.1%
2014
$1,442.71
$86,390
1.7%
2015
$345.36
$17,490
2%
2016
$650.79
$51,713
1.3%
2017
$682.31
$34,680
2%