From January through June, there were 25 homes sold, with a median sale price of $360,000 - a 12.7 percent increase over the $319,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 14 homes sold in Highwood in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in Highwood for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $7,183, approximately two percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares Highwood to other Lake County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2022:
| City | January - June 2022 Home Sales | January - June 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | January - June 2022 Median Sales Price | January - June 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadsworth | 49 | 10 | 390 | $416,000 | $365,000 | 14 |
| Knollwood | 12 | 6 | 100 | $408,750 | $330,500 | 23.7 |
| Buffalo Grove | 304 | 96 | 216.7 | $396,500 | $362,500 | 9.4 |
| Horatio Gardens | 6 | 2 | 200 | $387,500 | $381,000 | 1.7 |
| Lake Zurich | 175 | 75 | 133.3 | $378,000 | $332,000 | 13.9 |
| Highwood | 25 | 14 | 78.6 | $360,000 | $319,500 | 12.7 |
| Port Barrington | 4 | 2 | 100 | $358,250 | $378,500 | -5.4 |
| Volo | 12 | 7 | 71.4 | $342,500 | $295,000 | 16.1 |
| Vernon Hills | 287 | 80 | 258.8 | $342,000 | $310,000 | 10.3 |
| Forest Lake | 19 | 8 | 137.5 | $335,000 | $373,750 | -10.4 |
| Gurnee | 307 | 110 | 179.1 | $310,000 | $306,000 | 1.3 |
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