From January through March of 2017, there were 27 homes sold, with a median sale price of $50,000 - a 23.1% decrease over the $65,050 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 18 homes sold in Virden in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in Virden for 2017 was $1,163.76. In 2016, the median sales tax was $1,225.90. This marks an decrease of 5.1%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.3%.
The following table compares Virden to other Macoupin County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2017:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 6 | 5 | 20% | $69,750 | $68,000 | 2.6% |
| Staunton | 22 | 18 | 22.2% | $68,000 | $73,500 | -7.5% |
| East Gillespie | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $61,000 | $52,000 | 17.3% |
| Brighton | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $59,500 | $100,000 | -40.5% |
| Carlinville | 24 | 21 | 14.3% | $56,250 | $59,000 | -4.7% |
| Virden | 27 | 18 | 50% | $50,000 | $65,050 | -23.1% |
| Palmyra | 2 | 5 | -60% | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0% |
| Girard | 8 | 13 | -38.5% | $44,500 | $34,000 | 30.9% |
| Medora | 4 | 0 | - | $38,250 | $0 | - |
| Gillespie | 15 | 9 | 66.7% | $36,940 | $30,000 | 23.1% |
| Mount Olive | 16 | 12 | 33.3% | $36,500 | $18,804.50 | 94.1% |
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