In December 2018, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $43,500 - a 1.2% increase over the $43,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Virden in December 2017.
The median sales tax in Virden for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,164, approximately 2.7% of the median home sale price for December 2018.
The following table compares Virden to other Macoupin County cities in December 2018:
| City | Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staunton | 2 | 5 | -60% | $128,750 | $64,000 | 101.2% |
| Brighton | 1 | 1 | 0% | $90,000 | $66,000 | 36.4% |
| Lake Ka-Ho | 1 | 0 | - | $50,000 | $0 | - |
| Carlinville | 6 | 6 | 0% | $49,000 | $78,750 | -37.8% |
| Girard | 3 | 2 | 50% | $48,500 | $19,250 | 151.9% |
| Mount Olive | 4 | 2 | 100% | $44,000 | $78,250 | -43.8% |
| Virden | 5 | 4 | 25% | $43,500 | $43,000 | 1.2% |
| Bunker Hill | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $33,000 | $65,000 | -49.2% |
| Gillespie | 4 | 2 | 100% | $29,000 | $39,000 | -25.6% |
| Medora | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Sawyerville | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $6,500 | -100% |
| White City | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $50,000 | -100% |
| Benld | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $60,000 | -100% |
| East Gillespie | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Wilsonville | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Palmyra | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $35,500 | -100% |
| Shipman | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $73,750 | -100% |
| Mount Clare | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $56,500 | -100% |
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