From July through September of 2021, there were six homes sold, with a median sale price of $80,000 - a 38.4% decrease over the $129,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Dawson in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Dawson for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $2,810, approximately 3.5% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Dawson to other Sangamon County cities with similar median sale prices in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Berlin | 7 | 6 | 16.7% | $148,000 | $136,250 | 8.6% |
| Loami | 4 | 1 | 300% | $123,500 | $42,000 | 194% |
| Mechanicsburg | 2 | 4 | -50% | $118,555 | $120,800 | -1.9% |
| Riverton | 6 | 4 | 50% | $116,400 | $112,250 | 3.7% |
| Buffalo | 4 | 2 | 100% | $115,250 | $132,450 | -13% |
| Pleasant Plains | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $115,000 | $182,000 | -36.8% |
| Divernon | 3 | 4 | -25% | $113,000 | $87,000 | 29.9% |
| Southern View | 13 | 7 | 85.7% | $99,000 | $74,900 | 32.2% |
| Illiopolis | 10 | 6 | 66.7% | $89,500 | $67,000 | 33.6% |
| Dawson | 6 | 3 | 100% | $80,000 | $129,900 | -38.4% |
| Thayer | 3 | 1 | 200% | $65,000 | $5,000 | 1200% |
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