From January through June of 2018, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $30,000 - a 78.1% decrease over the $137,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were nine homes sold in Ava in the first half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Ava for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $949, approximately 3.2% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2018.
The following table compares Ava to other Jackson County cities in the first half of 2018:
| City | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale | 92 | 86 | 7% | $110,250 | $101,000 | 9.2% |
| Makanda | 8 | 8 | 0% | $108,500 | $246,450 | -56% |
| Harrison | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $73,000 | $89,375 | -18.3% |
| De Soto | 7 | 7 | 0% | $72,000 | $35,000 | 105.7% |
| Murphysboro | 62 | 72 | -13.9% | $57,782 | $66,062.50 | -12.5% |
| Vergennes | 1 | 2 | -50% | $40,000 | $147,000 | -72.8% |
| Ava | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $30,000 | $137,000 | -78.1% |
| Elkville | 4 | 9 | -55.6% | $22,000 | $54,500 | -59.6% |
| Campbell Hill | 1 | 2 | -50% | $15,000 | $98,750 | -84.8% |
| Dowell | 5 | 1 | 400% | $10,000 | $40,000 | -75% |
| Grand Tower | 3 | 1 | 200% | $7,500 | $15,000 | -50% |
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