The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2020 in Murphysboro fell by $250 while total sales decreased by 20%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through March of 2020, there were 20 homes sold, with a median sale price of $60,500 – a 0.4% decrease over the $60,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 25 homes sold in Murphysboro in the first quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Murphysboro for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $1,549, approximately 2.6% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Murphysboro to other Jackson County cities in the first quarter of 2020:
| City | Jan. – Mar. 2020 Home Sales | Jan. – Mar. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. – Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. – Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makanda | 2 | 1 | 100% | $205,000 | $149,900 | 36.8% |
| Campbell Hill | 1 | 0 | – | $150,000 | $0 | – |
| Elkville | 2 | 0 | – | $93,500 | $0 | – |
| Harrison | 1 | 1 | 0% | $93,000 | $80,000 | 16.3% |
| Ava | 1 | 4 | -75% | $92,000 | $44,350 | 107.4% |
| Carbondale | 24 | 29 | -17.2% | $81,775 | $95,000 | -13.9% |
| De Soto | 2 | 2 | 0% | $79,500 | $69,000 | 15.2% |
| Murphysboro | 20 | 25 | -20% | $60,500 | $60,750 | -0.4% |
| Vergennes | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $60,300 | $63,000 | -4.3% |
| Grand Tower | 0 | 0 | – | $0 | $0 | – |
| Dowell | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $47,500 | -100% |
