From October to December, 44 homes sold in Charleston for a median price of $99,950. That's 9 percent higher than median home sale prices for the fourth quarter of 2017.
In the fourth quarter, there were no foreclosures in Charleston.
Median property tax for homeowners in Charleston was $2,220.89 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.4 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.
Charleston real estate: Q4 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
67
$99,450
-
2010
37
$83,790
-15.7%
2011
57
$106,220
26.8%
2012
55
$81,096
-23.7%
2013
55
$92,340
13.9%
2014
52
$92,485
0.2%
2015
52
$88,775
-4%
2016
43
$86,100
-3%
2017
56
$91,673
6.5%
2018
44
$99,950
9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$2,291.46
$99,450
2.3%
2010
$2,209.30
$83,790
2.6%
2011
$2,824.70
$106,220
2.7%
2012
$2,271.58
$81,096
2.8%
2013
$2,582.37
$92,340
2.8%
2014
$2,098.73
$92,485
2.3%
2015
$1,966.61
$88,775
2.2%
2016
$2,103.97
$86,100
2.4%
2017
$2,220.88
$91,673
2.4%