From January through March of 2019, there were 82 homes sold, with a median sale price of $237,500 - a 19.6% increase over the $198,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 50 homes sold in Carol Stream in the first quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Carol Stream for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $6,230, approximately 2.6% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Carol Stream to other DuPage County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2019:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodridge | 53 | 50 | 6% | $257,000 | $255,625 | 0.5% |
| Roselle | 37 | 39 | -5.1% | $248,500 | $220,000 | 13% |
| Glenbard South | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $247,500 | $247,500 | 0% |
| Bloomingdale | 61 | 27 | 125.9% | $243,000 | $245,000 | -0.8% |
| Lombard | 105 | 55 | 90.9% | $240,000 | $193,500 | 24% |
| Carol Stream | 82 | 50 | 64% | $237,500 | $198,500 | 19.6% |
| Villa Park | 43 | 26 | 65.4% | $233,000 | $239,000 | -2.5% |
| West Chicago | 40 | 21 | 90.5% | $221,000 | $197,500 | 11.9% |
| Addison | 53 | 61 | -13.1% | $220,000 | $215,000 | 2.3% |
| St. Charles | 3 | 1 | 200% | $205,000 | $250,000 | -18% |
| Oakbrook Terrace | 1 | 0 | - | $200,000 | $0 | - |
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