From April to June, 183 homes sold in Waukegan for a median price of $135,000. That's 8.9 percent higher than median home sale prices for the second quarter of 2017.
In the second quarter, 12 homes in Waukegan were in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Waukegan was $4,100.62 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 3.3 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.
Waukegan real estate: Q2 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
178
$117,401
-
2010
215
$111,150
-5.3%
2011
100
$75,145
-32.4%
2012
164
$74,120
-1.4%
2013
207
$62,640
-15.5%
2014
173
$76,796
22.6%
2015
150
$95,400
24.2%
2016
193
$111,248
16.6%
2017
194
$123,930
11.4%
2018
183
$135,000
8.9%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$4,625.78
$117,401
3.9%
2010
$4,472.80
$111,150
4%
2011
$3,997.83
$75,145
5.3%
2012
$3,945.37
$74,120
5.3%
2013
$3,260.22
$62,640
5.2%
2014
$3,290.15
$76,796
4.3%
2015
$3,464.13
$95,400
3.6%
2016
$3,868.36
$111,248
3.5%
2017
$4,100.62
$123,930
3.3%
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