From July through September of 2018, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $30,000 - a 48.3% decrease over the $58,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were three homes sold in Ava in the third quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Ava for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $949.50, approximately 3.2% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Ava to other Jackson County cities in the third quarter of 2018:
| City | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Hill | 1 | 1 | 0% | $200,000 | $25,000 | 700% |
| Makanda | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $115,000 | $221,000 | -48% |
| Carbondale | 52 | 72 | -27.8% | $102,750 | $115,500 | -11% |
| Murphysboro | 40 | 31 | 29% | $73,750 | $83,000 | -11.1% |
| Elkville | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $70,000 | $80,000 | -12.5% |
| De Soto | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $68,000 | $82,750 | -17.8% |
| Vergennes | 3 | 1 | 200% | $45,000 | $10,000 | 350% |
| Ava | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $30,000 | $58,000 | -48.3% |
| Harrison | 5 | 4 | 25% | $15,500 | $18,750 | -17.3% |
| Dowell | 1 | 0 | - | $6,000 | $0 | - |
| Grand Tower | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $6,000 | -100% |
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