In August 2021, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $43,000 - a 42.9% decrease over the $75,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Virden in August 2020.
The median sales tax in Virden for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,325, approximately 3.1% of the median home sale price for August 2021.
The following table compares Virden to other Macoupin County cities with similar median sale prices in August 2021:
| City | Aug. 2021 Home Sales | Aug. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Aug. 2021 Median Sales Price | Aug. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Gillespie | 1 | 1 | 0% | $120,000 | $112,000 | 7.1% |
| Brighton | 6 | 4 | 50% | $118,500 | $106,250 | 11.5% |
| Bunker Hill | 4 | 1 | 300% | $116,500 | $50,000 | 133% |
| Mount Olive | 1 | 2 | -50% | $84,500 | $126,750 | -33.3% |
| Benld | 1 | 4 | -75% | $80,000 | $36,000 | 122.2% |
| Gillespie | 6 | 2 | 200% | $76,250 | $49,250 | 54.8% |
| Carlinville | 10 | 15 | -33.3% | $73,750 | $118,500 | -37.8% |
| Girard | 10 | 3 | 233.3% | $44,000 | $10,000 | 340% |
| Wilsonville | 2 | 1 | 100% | $43,250 | $26,000 | 66.3% |
| Virden | 3 | 4 | -25% | $43,000 | $75,250 | -42.9% |
| Palmyra | 1 | 2 | -50% | $40,000 | $35,000 | 14.3% |
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