From January through March of 2019, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $85,000 - a 31% increase over the $64,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Prophetstown in the first quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Prophetstown for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,998, approximately 2.4% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Prophetstown to other Whiteside County cities in the first quarter of 2019:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $128,000 | $72,000 | 77.8% |
| Albany | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $98,900 | $55,000 | 79.8% |
| Fulton | 10 | 17 | -41.2% | $90,000 | $90,000 | 0% |
| Prophetstown | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $85,000 | $64,900 | 31% |
| Rock Falls | 28 | 44 | -36.4% | $60,600.50 | $46,693.50 | 29.8% |
| Sterling | 36 | 57 | -36.8% | $59,750 | $72,000 | -17% |
| Grimes Addition | 2 | 0 | - | $55,425 | $0 | - |
| Yeoward Addition | 1 | 1 | 0% | $55,000 | $42,541.28 | 29.3% |
| Morrison | 15 | 16 | -6.3% | $42,500 | $91,225 | -53.4% |
| Lyndon | 1 | 0 | - | $35,000 | $0 | - |
| Tampico | 2 | 4 | -50% | $27,000 | $41,500 | -34.9% |
| Como | 0 | 2 | -100% | $0 | $134,750 | -100% |
| Little Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Douglas Park | 0 | 0 | - | $0 | $0 | - |
| Fenton | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $122,500 | -100% |
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