In January 2019, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $65,000 - a 12.2% decrease over the $74,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were two homes sold in Gillespie in January 2018.
The median sales tax in Gillespie for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $969, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for January 2019.
The following table compares Gillespie to other Macoupin County cities with similar median sales prices in January 2019:
| City | Jan. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clare | 2 | 1 | 100% | $100,000 | $105,000 | -4.8% |
| Sawyerville | 1 | 1 | 0% | $88,000 | $9,000 | 877.8% |
| Mount Olive | 3 | 1 | 200% | $75,500 | $25,000 | 202% |
| White City | 1 | 0 | - | $75,500 | $0 | - |
| Bunker Hill | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $75,250 | $60,000 | 25.4% |
| Gillespie | 3 | 2 | 50% | $65,000 | $74,000 | -12.2% |
| Staunton | 5 | 5 | 0% | $60,000 | $31,500 | 90.5% |
| Girard | 4 | 0 | - | $53,250 | $0 | - |
| Benld | 1 | 1 | 0% | $44,500 | $47,500 | -6.3% |
| Carlinville | 7 | 4 | 75% | $35,000 | $115,750 | -69.8% |
| Brighton | 1 | 4 | -75% | $30,000 | $80,500 | -62.7% |
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