In October 2021, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $52,000 - a 48.6% increase over the $35,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Virden in October 2020.
The median sales tax in Virden for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,325, approximately 2.5% of the median home sale price for October 2021.
The following table compares Virden to other Macoupin County cities in October 2021:
| City | Oct. 2021 Home Sales | Oct. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2021 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | 1 | 10 | -90% | $265,000 | $75,000 | 253.3% |
| Bunker Hill | 2 | 2 | 0% | $175,000 | $48,750 | 259% |
| Carlinville | 1 | 10 | -90% | $145,000 | $135,000 | 7.4% |
| Staunton | 5 | 10 | -50% | $89,000 | $67,500 | 31.9% |
| Virden | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $52,000 | $35,000 | 48.6% |
| Gillespie | 8 | 8 | 0% | $40,000 | $70,500 | -43.3% |
| Benld | 9 | 3 | 200% | $37,000 | $30,000 | 23.3% |
| Wilsonville | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $26,000 | $6,500 | 300% |
| Medora | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Sawyerville | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| White City | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $210,000 | -100% |
| Lake Ka-Ho | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| East Gillespie | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Palmyra | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Shipman | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Mount Clare | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $8,000 | -100% |
| Girard | 0 | 4 | -100% | $0 | $97,500 | -100% |
| Brighton | 0 | 8 | -100% | $0 | $71,750 | -100% |
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