In August 2017, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $67,500 - a 32.5% decrease over the $100,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Staunton in August 2016.
The median sales tax in Staunton for 2017 was $1,231. In 2016, the median sales tax was $1,297. 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 1.8%.
The following table compares Staunton to other Macoupin County cities in August 2017:
| City | Aug. 2017 Home Sales | Aug. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Aug. 2017 Median Sales Price | Aug. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | 3 | 3 | 0% | $99,500 | $128,000 | -22.3% |
| Brighton | 6 | 8 | -25% | $90,750 | $76,400 | 18.8% |
| Lake Ka-Ho | 1 | 1 | 0% | $82,500 | $23,500 | 251.1% |
| Staunton | 9 | 8 | 12.5% | $67,500 | $100,000 | -32.5% |
| Gillespie | 5 | 4 | 25% | $51,000 | $40,500 | 25.9% |
| Benld | 3 | 3 | 0% | $46,200 | $28,500 | 62.1% |
| Carlinville | 5 | 11 | -54.5% | $46,000 | $23,000 | 100% |
| Virden | 7 | 6 | 16.7% | $30,500 | $73,250 | -58.4% |
| Wilsonville | 1 | 0 | - | $12,000 | $0 | - |
| Medora | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Sawyerville | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| White City | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| East Gillespie | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $34,000 | -100% |
| Mount Olive | 0 | 10 | -100% | $0 | $33,500 | -100% |
| Palmyra | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Shipman | 0 | 4 | -100% | $0 | $63,950 | -100% |
| Bunker Hill | 0 | 3 | -100% | $0 | $87,300 | -100% |
| Mount Clare | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $21,569 | -100% |
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