From July through September of 2021, there were six homes sold, with a median sale price of $116,400 - a 3.7% increase over the $112,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Riverton in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Riverton for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $2,360, approximately 2% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Riverton 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 13 | 19 | -31.6% | $170,100 | $124,000 | 37.2% |
| Pawnee | 13 | 4 | 225% | $150,000 | $207,450 | -27.7% |
| 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% |
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