Darien home prices rose in the second half of 2021
The median sale price of a home sold in the second half of 2021 in Darien rose by $29,000 while total sales increased by 10.7%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From July through December of 2021, there were 249 homes sold, with a median sale price of $349,000 - a 9.1% increase over the $320,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 225 homes sold in Darien in the second half of 2020.
The median sales tax in Darien for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $6,328, approximately 1.8% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2021.
The following table compares Darien to other DuPage County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2021:
| City | July - Dec. 2021 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmhurst | 522 | 499 | 4.6% | $450,000 | $453,000 | -0.7% |
| Glen Ellyn | 305 | 311 | -1.9% | $417,500 | $442,500 | -5.6% |
| Naperville | 904 | 866 | 4.4% | $415,000 | $377,000 | 10.1% |
| Downers Grove | 551 | 519 | 6.2% | $384,000 | $340,000 | 12.9% |
| Wheaton | 582 | 520 | 11.9% | $370,000 | $336,750 | 9.9% |
| Darien | 249 | 225 | 10.7% | $349,000 | $320,000 | 9.1% |
| Medinah | 15 | 16 | -6.3% | $347,000 | $385,000 | -9.9% |
| Winfield | 101 | 108 | -6.5% | $347,000 | $311,000 | 11.6% |
| Bartlett | 252 | 206 | 22.3% | $345,000 | $300,000 | 15% |
| Bolingbrook | 11 | 7 | 57.1% | $332,000 | $300,000 | 10.7% |
| Itasca | 87 | 64 | 35.9% | $320,000 | $282,500 | 13.3% |