From October through December of 2018, there were 291 homes sold, with a median sale price of $63,000 - a 21.2% decrease over the $79,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 175 homes sold in Decatur in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Decatur for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $1,336, approximately 2.1% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Decatur to other Macon County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2018:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroa | 10 | 6 | 66.7% | $137,500 | $125,750 | 9.3% |
| Long Creek | 15 | 9 | 66.7% | $116,900 | $132,000 | -11.4% |
| Argenta | 3 | 2 | 50% | $113,000 | $101,000 | 11.9% |
| Macon | 7 | 3 | 133.3% | $103,100 | $56,500 | 82.5% |
| Oreana | 5 | 0 | - | $95,000 | $0 | - |
| Warrensburg | 3 | 3 | 0% | $90,000 | $40,000 | 125% |
| Niantic | 4 | 1 | 300% | $88,000 | $59,500 | 47.9% |
| Harristown | 8 | 1 | 700% | $72,700 | $175,000 | -58.5% |
| Decatur | 291 | 175 | 66.3% | $63,000 | $79,900 | -21.2% |
| Blue Mound | 3 | 2 | 50% | $60,000 | $72,500 | -17.2% |
| Boody | 1 | 0 | - | $25,000 | $0 | - |
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