From October to December, 19 homes sold in Rochester for a median price of $178,000. That's 12.3 percent higher than median home sale prices for the fourth quarter of 2017.
In the fourth quarter, 1 home in Rochester was in foreclosure.
Median property tax for homeowners in Rochester was $3,045.27 in 2017 according to tax data from that year. That means homeowners pay 1.9 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.
Rochester real estate: Q4 2009-2018
Properties sold
Median sale price
Change in sale price
2009
11
$134,550
-
2010
9
$182,400
35.6%
2011
15
$132,210
-27.5%
2012
20
$153,690
16.2%
2013
19
$154,980
0.8%
2014
12
$200,075
29.1%
2015
16
$148,930
-25.6%
2016
21
$168,000
12.8%
2017
22
$158,559
-5.6%
2018
19
$178,000
12.3%
Median property tax
Median sale price
Effective property tax rate
2009
$2,890.32
$134,550
2.1%
2010
$3,854.06
$182,400
2.1%
2011
$2,935.28
$132,210
2.2%
2012
$3,189.81
$153,690
2.1%
2013
$3,071.32
$154,980
2%
2014
$3,412.98
$200,075
1.7%
2015
$3,191.92
$148,930
2.1%
2016
$3,435.99
$168,000
2%
2017
$3,045.27
$158,559
1.9%
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