From October to December, 71 homes sold in West Chicago for a median price of $230,000. That's 0.9 percent lower than median home sale prices for the fourth quarter of 2017.
In the fourth quarter, 2 homes in West Chicago were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in West Chicago was $7,196.54 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.1 percent of their home's value in taxes.
Statewide, Illinois homeowners pay an effective property tax rate of 2.2 percent, according to a 2017 property tax analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, ranking it second among U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
West Chicago real estate: Q4 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
63
$179,595
-
2010
36
$154,470
-14%
2011
32
$142,380
-7.8%
2012
62
$126,985
-10.8%
2013
56
$151,200
19.1%
2014
61
$169,600
12.2%
2015
53
$189,740
11.9%
2016
58
$220,500
16.2%
2017
46
$232,050
5.2%
2018
71
$230,000
-0.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2011
$5,748.47
$142,380
4%
2012
$5,709.13
$126,985
4.5%
2013
$5,602.96
$151,200
3.7%
2014
$5,264.34
$169,600
3.1%
2015
$5,245.46
$189,740
2.8%
2016
$5,959.05
$220,500
2.7%
2017
$7,196.53
$232,050
3.1%
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