From January through June of 2020, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $92,000 - a 32% increase over the $69,700 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were seven homes sold in Ava in the first half of 2019.
The median sales tax in Ava for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $1,081, approximately 1.2% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2020.
The following table compares Ava to other Jackson County cities in the first half of 2020:
| City | Jan. - June 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Hill | 2 | 2 | 0% | $160,000 | $50,000 | 220% |
| Makanda | 4 | 2 | 100% | $139,000 | $97,075 | 43.2% |
| Ava | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $92,000 | $69,700 | 32% |
| Carbondale | 58 | 72 | -19.4% | $82,775 | $100,400 | -17.6% |
| De Soto | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $79,250 | $90,000 | -11.9% |
| Elkville | 3 | 1 | 200% | $70,000 | $60,000 | 16.7% |
| Murphysboro | 52 | 56 | -7.1% | $70,000 | $62,875 | 11.3% |
| Harrison | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $67,500 | $85,500 | -21.1% |
| Vergennes | 3 | 4 | -25% | $60,300 | $74,000 | -18.5% |
| Grand Tower | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $4,000 | -100% |
| Dowell | 0 | 1 | -100% | $0 | $47,500 | -100% |
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