From January to March, 46 homes sold in Centralia for a median price of $31,000. That's 9.9 percent lower than median home sale prices for the first quarter of 2017.
In the first quarter, there were no foreclosures in Centralia.
Median property tax for homeowners in Centralia was $863.99 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 2.5 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.22 percent, according to a recent analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which is the second-highest rate in the country, just behind New Jersey, where homeowners pay a tax rate of 2.28 percent.
Centralia real estate: Q1 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
55
$31,005
-
2010
36
$57,855
86.6%
2011
37
$26,781
-53.7%
2012
25
$28,340
5.8%
2013
27
$27,000
-4.7%
2014
37
$30,740
13.9%
2015
50
$29,680
-3.4%
2016
45
$34,650
16.7%
2017
38
$34,425
-0.6%
2018
46
$31,000
-9.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$1,042.58
$31,005
3.4%
2010
$1,595.29
$57,855
2.8%
2011
$1,038.08
$26,781
3.9%
2012
$594.55
$28,340
2.1%
2013
$585.48
$27,000
2.2%
2014
$631.88
$30,740
2.1%
2015
$931.64
$29,680
3.1%
2016
$824.52
$34,650
2.4%
2017
$863.99
$34,425
2.5%