In August 2017, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $30,500 - a 58.4% decrease over the $73,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Virden in August 2016.
The median sales tax in Virden for 2017 was $1,164. In 2016, the median sales tax was $1,226. 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 3.8%.
The following table compares Virden 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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