Darien home prices rise in October 2019
The median sale price of a home sold in October 2019 in Darien rose by $21,000 while total sales increased by 13.6%, according to BlockShopper.com.
In October 2019, there were 25 homes sold, with a median sale price of $292,000 - a 7.7% increase over the $271,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 22 homes sold in Darien in October 2018.
The median sales tax in Darien for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $6,101, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for October 2019.
The following table compares Darien to other DuPage County cities with similar median sales prices in October 2019:
| City | Oct. 2019 Home Sales | Oct. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. 2019 Median Sales Price | Oct. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medinah | 3 | 3 | 0% | $335,000 | $395,000 | -15.2% |
| Lisle | 26 | 20 | 30% | $332,500 | $279,569 | 18.9% |
| Downers Grove | 45 | 68 | -33.8% | $320,000 | $319,500 | 0.2% |
| Itasca | 9 | 8 | 12.5% | $310,000 | $330,500 | -6.2% |
| West Chicago | 17 | 20 | -15% | $310,000 | $255,000 | 21.6% |
| Darien | 25 | 22 | 13.6% | $292,000 | $271,000 | 7.7% |
| Bolingbrook | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $285,000 | $283,000 | 0.7% |
| Wood Dale | 14 | 8 | 75% | $278,500 | $226,000 | 23.2% |
| Westmont | 17 | 14 | 21.4% | $274,000 | $315,500 | -13.2% |
| Addison | 28 | 30 | -6.7% | $274,000 | $247,500 | 10.7% |
| Bartlett | 46 | 24 | 91.7% | $272,000 | $296,000 | -8.1% |