From July through September of 2019, there were 43 homes sold, with a median sale price of $99,000 - a 1.5% increase over the $97,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 46 homes sold in Rochelle in the third quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Rochelle for 2019 was $2,739. In 2018, the median sales tax was $2,663. This marks an increase of 2.9%. The effective property tax rate, using the median property tax and median home sale price as the basis, is 2.8%.
The following table compares Rochelle to other Ogle County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillman Valley | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $172,000 | $132,500 | 29.8% |
| Davis Junction | 11 | 10 | 10% | $166,500 | $149,000 | 11.7% |
| Grand Detour | 3 | 4 | -25% | $146,000 | $104,750 | 39.4% |
| Byron | 22 | 23 | -4.3% | $144,000 | $149,000 | -3.4% |
| Hillcrest | 7 | 7 | 0% | $143,000 | $164,500 | -13.1% |
| Rochelle | 43 | 46 | -6.5% | $99,000 | $97,500 | 1.5% |
| Creston | 3 | 4 | -25% | $92,000 | $128,250 | -28.3% |
| Oregon | 22 | 21 | 4.8% | $89,750 | $80,500 | 11.5% |
| Mount Morris | 18 | 9 | 100% | $86,750 | $85,500 | 1.5% |
| Polo | 17 | 12 | 41.7% | $65,000 | $68,500 | -5.1% |
| Forreston | 6 | 7 | -14.3% | $63,250 | $122,000 | -48.2% |
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