The median sale price of a home sold in April in Gillespie rose by $6,900 while total sales remained unchanged with seven homes sold, according to BlockShopper.com.
In April, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $64,900 - an 11.9 percent increase over the $58,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Gillespie in April 2021, as well.
The median sales tax in Gillespie for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $983, approximately 1.5 percent of the median home sale price for April.
The following table compares Gillespie to other Macoupin County cities with similar median sale prices in April:
| City | April 2022 Home Sales | April 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | April 2022 Median Sales Price | April 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benld | 3 | 1 | 200 | $125,000 | $35,000 | 257.1 |
| Shipman | 1 | 1 | 0 | $119,500 | $110,000 | 8.6 |
| Mount Olive | 3 | 1 | 200 | $115,000 | $130,000 | -11.5 |
| Staunton | 10 | 14 | -28.6 | $105,700 | $113,500 | -6.9 |
| Bunker Hill | 3 | 2 | 50 | $65,000 | $125,000 | -48 |
| Gillespie | 7 | 7 | 0 | $64,900 | $58,000 | 11.9 |
| Brighton | 1 | 5 | -80 | $59,900 | $115,000 | -47.9 |
| Virden | 8 | 5 | 60 | $44,000 | $40,500 | 8.6 |
| Wilsonville | 1 | 0 | - | $25,000 | $0 | - |
| Lake Ka-Ho | 2 | 1 | 100 | $23,250 | $30,000 | -22.5 |
| White City | 1 | 0 | - | $15,000 | $0 | - |
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