In February 2019, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $69,500 - a 47.9% increase over the $47,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Mount Morris in February 2018.
The median sales tax in Mount Morris for 2019 was $1,868. In 2018, the median sales tax was $1,687. This marks an increase of 10.7%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.7%.
The following table compares Mount Morris to other Ogle County cities with similar median sales prices in February 2019:
| City | Feb. 2019 Home Sales | Feb. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Feb. 2019 Median Sales Price | Feb. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron | 4 | 4 | 0% | $146,000 | $182,500 | -20% |
| Grand Detour | 2 | 1 | 100% | $129,250 | $170,000 | -24% |
| Rochelle | 8 | 10 | -20% | $106,500 | $84,000 | 26.8% |
| Hillcrest | 1 | 1 | 0% | $97,000 | $120,000 | -19.2% |
| Forreston | 1 | 4 | -75% | $80,000 | $51,500 | 55.3% |
| Mount Morris | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $69,500 | $47,000 | 47.9% |
| Creston | 2 | 4 | -50% | $66,750 | $122,000 | -45.3% |
| Oregon | 6 | 4 | 50% | $60,250 | $87,250 | -30.9% |
| Polo | 4 | 2 | 100% | $52,000 | $27,500 | 89.1% |
| Stillman Valley | 2 | 1 | 100% | $50,500 | $108,000 | -53.2% |
| Leaf River | 2 | 0 | - | $19,750 | $0 | - |
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